500th Article
YEP! FIVE HUNDRED Articles
at Discussing Dissociation
On DID Awareness Day, March 5th, 2025, I set a goal of writing the 500th article for Discussing Dissociation during the year of 2025. Check this out: DID Awareness Day 2025 — more goals to reach!
That was a lofty goal, and it’s taken a lot of writing this year to reach that goal. Thank you for taking the time to read all that.
I’m happy to say, this is the 500th article! AND yes, it’s still 2025. 🙂
In fact, this is the 25th article for 2025 as well. Kinda cool numbers, hey?
Did you reach your 2025 DID Awareness Day goal?
To be fair, I didn’t reach all my goals planned for 2025, but posting the 500th free article teaching about Dissociative Identity Disorder, explaining appropriate approaches, sharing helpful tips, offering encouraging words for DID trauma survivors is no small feat. Seems I have a lot to say — my articles have not been short this year. It’s been a busy year and we had an awesome P4 Retreat and a super effective Small Group Intensive as well.
Did your year go as planned? Mine didn’t always — sometimes, but then again, when do they ever go as planned? Life is full of twists and turns, and sometimes the best made plans still run into roadblocks. What do you do when that happens? I get creative, and get deeply determined to not let the naysayers of the world ruin my day. And, the goals I didn’t get accomplished this year, I’ll work on next year.
Speaking of next year….
How are you spending New Year’s Eve?
The DD Community is getting together for a NYE Zoom. We’ll have some fun and ring in the new year together, a few time zones in a row. We’ll be discussing our “Theme Word of the Year” for 2026. We’ll do a few fun things for the inside kids, and just make a nice evening of it.
Community connection is an important part of healing, inside and out.
I hope that you and your insiders are finding ways to connect with each other, and looking forward to the upcoming months.
Now, this may be a bit of a short article for a change, ha, but it’s already 2026 in Australia and I’ve got a NYE party to plan. I’m watching the Sydney Fireworks and remembering the year I sat there, at the Opera House myself.
Take gentle care, and be sure to check in with your insiders tonight. This could be a difficult evening for some of your people, so be sure to care properly for them.
I really do wish the best for you and your insiders.
I’ll write more to you in the upcoming years — reaching my 500th article is not the end of what I have to say.
You know what? I’m ending this article with 500 words!
May more of your dreams come true in 2026.
I wish you the best in your ongoing healing journey.
Warmly,
Kathy
Copyright © 2008-2026 Kathy Broady and Discussing Dissociation
500!?! Outstanding! I have been interested in Maladaptive daydreaming, how it combines with DDs, and if others here have been interested as well. Have you written an article about your thoughts on it, Kathy? Just wondering.
Thank you, KenKen. It’s good to hear from you again! 500 articles has felt like quite an accomplishment — that’s more words than 3 Harry Potter books, ha. But you know, it’s been worth it. And hopefully, helpful!
Not sure I’ve written on the topic of maladaptive dreaming, but we can encourage folks to post their related comments. 🙂
I’ll have a search through, and see if I find something.
Cheers!
Congratulations on meeting your goal Kathy.
Our 2025 was just…bad. Disappointing.Sad. Constantly overwhelming. Constantly feeling like we were drowning.
So far 2026 is not looking any better. But its still early yet. Hopefully it improves.
Congratulations on reaching this milestone, Kathy! Happy New Year as well.
Thank you, WintersKeeper. Happy New Year to you too! 🙂