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Losing an Animal Family Member: Your Animal Friend, Beloved Pet, or Furry Companion

By Kathy Broady MSW 2 Comments

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  ON THE LOSS OF AN ANIMAL FAMILY MEMBER (AKA. ANIMAL FRIEND, OR PET)  This article is written for dissociative people by a dissociative system who has lived this pain.   This is another area of life that is probably-definitely harder for DID people. Not that the loss of a pet is ever not painful for someone who has dearly loved their animal family member. But all those DID-specific factors, that make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Featured Home, Puppies Tagged With: death of an animal, DID systems, grief and loss, heartbreak and grief, Internal System Work, loss of a best friend, loss of a family member, loss of a pet, pet companions, System Work after a death

P is for Plenty … Feeling Grateful and Thankful

By Kathy Broady MSW 4 Comments

Color with Me Quilt: P4² DID Conference

  Have you ever experienced times of PLENTY?   I have so much to be thankful for this year.   What's on my List of "P is for PLENTY" for 2021?   First, there's no doubt that the P4² DID Conference was filled with PLENTY of awesome new experiences.  For example.  Have you ever been under The Bean in Millennium Park?   Our Friday Adventure Walk Participants got to experience some pretty freaky … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, P4-2 DID Conference Chicago, Puppies, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Chicago, Color with Me Quilt, DID conference in Chicago, DID System Work, Dissociative Identity Disorder, P is for PLENTY, P4² DID Conference, Phoenix Botanical Garden, Positive appreciation, positives of plurality, Thanksgiving USA 2021

Flying 3 Dogs Over the Pacific in a big ol’ Airplane! Can you imagine that?!

By Kathy Broady MSW 4 Comments

  Reuniting with my Kelpie Family This was meant to be a big week.  Today, right now, I was meant to be picking up my 3 gorgeous silver kelpies from LAX -- Los Angeles International Airport.   My dogs are flying over the Pacific in a big ol' airplane to join me here in America.  Say what?!  Yep, they are flying out of Brisbane Australia and coming over to the USA.  An international flight for my dogs!  This … [Read more...]

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Were you with me a year ago? How about the year ahead?

By Kathy Broady MSW 2 Comments

Art Pieces from the P4 DID Conference, 2020, in Phoenix Arizona

  Did 2020 change your life? I didn't know it would, but 2020 has most definitely changed MY life, no doubt. Plus, it's been a YEAR since we had P4 2020!  A full year today! Can you believe it?   It's already been a year since our first annual P4 DID Conference.  Where has the time gone.... Friday night, 28 Aug, we had our live Art Display, opening the P4 DID Conference with amazing bursts of color.   Covid … [Read more...]

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What’s New for You? 8 More resources for Dissociative Trauma Survivors!

By Kathy Broady MSW 6 Comments

Starting a new year.

  Hello hello!  Happy New Year! Wowzers --- it's already the end of one decade, and the start of a new decade.  That's okay, because I have a lot of good news to tell you about what's gonna be here in this New Year at Discussing Dissociation.  We are in our 11th year, and our DD Community is continually growing, and expanding to include new people, with new needs, new questions, new concerns.  I have 8 … [Read more...]

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