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...]
This is Easter Weekend – Please Stay Safe
Hello, It's a difficult ritual holiday weekend again, and I want you to know I am thinking of you. Please stay safe. Warmly, Kathy CLICK on this article for more information: For DID trauma survivors with a ritual abuse (RA) background, this is a very difficult weekend, full of difficult memories, painful emotions, and system conflicts. Copyright © 2008-2018 Kathy Broady MSW and … [Read more...]
Why Can’t I Stop Hurting Myself? 12 Thoughts about That
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...]
Mind Control Programming Basics III: Individuality Survives Programming
"You'll still be you." That's a line from one of my favorite movies, Muriel's Wedding -- an old movie with a very young Toni Collette. "You'll still be you." And these words are the theme of this blog post by Rocking Complacency. No matter what horrible darkness has happened to you, underneath it all, in between the splittings that happened to survive it all, you are still you. And no one … [Read more...]
Mind Control Programming Basics II: The Emotional Roots
Hello hello, Several people have asked me to write about mind control / programming and the undoing of those hidden but oh-so-powerful things. I have written some but the articles written on the Rocking Complacency Blog provide some of the very best and clearest writings about the undoing of mind control -- much better than I could write. It only makes sense to bring these writings here, and into view for … [Read more...]
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