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The Spiritual Battle Fought and Won by Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 38 Comments

  Zurcaroh's Aerial Dance When I first watched Zurcaroh's Aerial Dance** -- in the video embedded below -- I was genuinely so overcome with deep emotion that I cried!  For me, Zurcaroh was able to show a perfect picture of the spiritual battle fought by dissociative trauma survivors.  This dance showed, for me, how good defeats evil. I had to watch this dance a few times over --  it was so incredibly powerful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fear, Featured post #1, Kathy's Video Comments, Physical Abuse, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, The Power of Music, Trauma Tagged With: AGT and Zurcaroh, Emotional dance, Escaping violence, From darkness to light, Good defeats evil, Light and Love, Overcoming Darkness, Overcoming trauma, Spiritual Warfare, Using dance for healing, Zurcaroh Aerial Dance

30 Tips for How to Help a Child who is Hurting

By Kathy Broady MSW 67 Comments

  Children can get all kinds of injuries.   Some injuries can be accidental, some can be tragic, some can be done purposefully by offenders. Children are resilient, but let's face it -- they are LITTLE.  And they are YOUNG.   And they are still figuring out the world, and lots of kids don't know how to read yet, and some of them don't know how to write, and they may or may not know their colors.   They may or … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fear, Featured post #1, Physical Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: abused children, Acute Trauma, childhood neglect, Childhood Trauma, helping children, helping children who are hurt, making it better, Tips for Healing after Trauma

What Does Long-Term Family Violence Do to You?

By Kathy Broady MSW 15 Comments

    What happens when you live with violence for years of time? When violence happens every day, or every other day, or every week? How do you cope with that much fear and chaos? How do save yourself from falling into a deep, dark depression? What happens to your sense of trust? What do you do with your own huge feelings? What if you are trapped in that situation and don’t know how to remove … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fear, Featured post #1, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Domestic Violence, Effects of chronic violence, Emotional Abuse, Family Violence, Leaving violence and abuse, Living in chronic violence, Living with a Violent Narcissist, Making a safety plan, Physical Abuse, Safety First, Separating from abusers, You don't have to be hurt anymore, You need safety

How is This Blog about Dissociative Identity Disorder Working for You?

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

    Hi, hi hi -- how are you today?   I'm feeling a bit silly, as you can see in the picture, and I'm trying out something new today. I've made a new little contact form with a few questions, and I'd like to use that, so I can hear more from you!   You don't have to use this form, but hey -- I'm proud of it, so I'm putting it right here at the top of the page.  :)      How is this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Friends of Multiples, mental health, Online Therapy, Physical Abuse, sexual abuse, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: DID / MPD, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Trauma Survivors, Kathy Broady MSW, multiple personality disorder, Online resources for DID, treatment resources, What do you think?

Happy Holiday Greetings, and Ending those Unhappy Holidays

By Kathy Broady MSW 6 Comments

  Happy Holiday Greetings!   I hope you have had a great holiday season so far.  My hope is that you are making these days as beautiful and special for yourself as you can.   There are lots of ways to provide Christmas cheer for your DID system, even if you are in a rough spot. Please read through this blog if you don't know what I'm talking about.     Holidays are not always fun … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Child Alters, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fun!, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Puppies Tagged With: Christmas puppies, Dysfunctional Family, Happy Christmas, Happy Holidays, Holiday greetings, Merry Christmas Animals, Silver kelpies, Unhappy holidays

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