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What is a Perpetrator Introject in a Dissociative DID System?

By Kathy Broady MSW 51 Comments

    Introjects.   Working with introjects in a dissociative system is an incredibly difficult but absolutely important part of your healing.  It might feel a bit triggery to learn about these insiders in your system because of what they are attached to, but it's massively important to address them, especially if you'd like to achieve system harmony, internal cohesion and an overall sense of healing and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Featured Post#4.2, Internal Communication, Introjects Tagged With: Abusive introjects, Being helpers instead of hurters, DID System Work, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Father Introject, Introjects, Perpetrator Introjects, System Protection, Working with perpetrator parts

The Emotional Container of Abuse

By Kathy Broady MSW 7 Comments

  Emotional abuse. This is a complicated topic.  It's a topic I've tried to explain to many dissociative trauma survivors many many times.   The concept of emotional abuse can be hard to grasp.  This is because the trauma survivor often internalizes the perpetrator's offensive verbage, believing it to be true.  But it's not true.  Not at all. In this article, I will describe one example of the dynamic of a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fear, Friends of Multiples, Introjects, mental health, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Building a backbone, Building a wall, Container of emotions, Create a boundary, Creating Safety, Darkness, Dysfunctional Relationships, Emotional Abuse, Emotional boundaries, Family Violence, Hatred, Projection of emotion, rage, Refusing abuse, Safety First, That's not me, ugliness, Verbal abuse, Wall off the abuse, your darkness

10 Truths for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse

By Kathy Broady MSW 27 Comments

I've written a fair bit about childhood sexual abuse. Children are young, small, and without resources. Grasping the innocence of those children is easily seen and understood.   As adults, trauma survivors can more easily grasp the complex dynamics of being forced into abusive dynamics when still a small, young child. But for some folks, trauma and abuse doesn't stop in childhood.  It may have started in childhood, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Fear, Featured Post #3.2, Internal Communication, Introjects, Mind Control, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma, trauma therapist Tagged With: Abuse, Adult survivors, Adult-aged sexual abuse, Affects of Dissociation, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex Dissociation, Courage, CSA, Current Day Abuse, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Effects of Child Abuse, Healing from Sexual Abuse, Mind Control, Ongoing Abuse, Preventing Sexual Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma, use of force

Why Can’t I Stop Hurting Myself? 12 Thoughts about That

By Kathy Broady MSW 36 Comments

    So why is it so hard to stop self-injury? I mean, there are pages and pages of good distraction techniques out there in the world. Fifty really good ideas were mentioned in previous blog posts. Shouldn't that be enough to make it stop? For many people, it is not. Why is it so very very difficult to change self-destructive behavior? Why do people hurt themselves? "Why can't I stop hurting myself?" I've been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, Internal Communication, Introjects, mental health, Mind Control, Self Injury, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Anger, Behavior, Dissociation, dissociative, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Emotion, Emotional Expression, Health, Hurting myself, Injury, Kathy, Kathy Broady, Learning, mental health, pain, Punishment, Self Harm, Self Injury, Self-destructive, self-destructive behaviors, Self-destructive behaviour, SI, Youth

50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Kathy Broady MSW 18 Comments

 "50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder"    A comprehensive listing, yes, but even so,  still not exhaustive of all the work done by dissociative trauma survivors.     Healing takes a LOT of work. There's no wonder it's so time-consuming.   This article is one of the very first posts written on Discussing Dissociation. There are many new readers of this blog since those early … [Read more...]

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