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Art can Help! Art Reduces Anxiety and Depression and Increases Wellbeing

By Kathy Broady MSW 27 Comments

painting with watercolours

  Have you heard that doing art reduces anxiety and depression, and increases feelings of wellbeing?     Art is an important aspect of any survivors healing journey.  I've been looking at artwork drawn by dissociative survivors this week, and it never ceases to amaze me how much I can see and understand about the person, or the dissociative system when I am trusted enough to see their artwork.   Art is … [Read more...]

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Are you alone, isolated, or separated from your emotional support? Do you see these 8 triggers for DID survivors?

By Kathy Broady MSW 39 Comments

  During this extended time of "Shelter in Place," the COVID-19 quarantine processes, social distancing, closed borders, limited travel, worldwide lock-downs, millions of people, including dissociative trauma survivors, are required to stay home, unable to get out to their normal places of support and interaction. Right now, we are separated from and unable to meet with the people with whom we usually meet.  … [Read more...]

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Dissociative Identities Awareness Day on March 5

By Kathy Broady MSW 8 Comments

    March 5th is Dissociative Identities Awareness Day, or DID Awareness Day.    Either way you call it,  March 5th is a day that meant to increase awareness of what is officially called Dissociative Identity Disorder. Of course, we used to use the term  Multiple Personality Disorder. And nowadays, many survivors prefer the term:   Dissociative Identities.   Leave off the disorder part, thank you very … [Read more...]

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A Discussing Dissociation Workshop in Phoenix Arizona! Yes, You’re invited to come!

By Kathy Broady MSW 6 Comments

  Yes, a live, in-person, weekend DID Conference in Phoenix Arizona with Kathy Broady from Discussing Dissociation August 28-30, 2020     REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! Click here to REGISTER for P4   Oh, there is so much to tell you about this upcoming event.  I will just hit the highlights for now, so you can start thinking about this opportunity to learn more about DID.  You can attend this … [Read more...]

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The Dissociative Brain – Quilted and Created by a Talented DID Survivor

By Kathy Broady MSW 12 Comments

The Dissociative Brain

  How would you describe a dissociative trauma survivor's brain? What are some words or phrases that describe what happens in a DID trauma survivor's brain?   These questions were asked to the DID survivors who participate in the Discussing Dissociation Community Forum (DDCF).  The DDCF group came up with a long lists of words, more than could ever fit on this quilt.  One of the goals and purposes of … [Read more...]

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