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RESCUE at SOLSTICE — and a song for sharing.

By Kathy Broady MSW 17 Comments

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  This powerful article has been written by TRibe:   We offer our polyphonic version of this beautiful song — ‘Rescue’, by Lauren Daigle — as a prayer this solstice for any dissociative trauma survivors who have known, or continue to know, the horror of ritual abuse at this time of year.  May the message of this song bring you comfort. May its grace give you the courage to do the difficult system work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Music, Ritual Abuse, The Power of Music, Trauma Tagged With: as sung by TRibe, Healing from trauma, MultiMusic, music for comfort, music for multiples, Rescue by Lauren Daigle, Ritual Abuse, safety and protection, Summer Solstice, Tips for Healing after Trauma, Winter Solstice

The Spiritual Battle Fought and Won by Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 39 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

Demonstrating DID System Work with Dark Side Parts during a Difficult Time

By Kathy Broady MSW 36 Comments

  October is a particularly heavy month for most dissociative trauma survivors.  It's the changing of the seasons, and the time when darker sides of many DID systems surface.   October is when many of the darker insiders have had trauma memories, and it's typically a month when many dissociative survivors feel heightened PTSD symptoms, fear, and anxiety.  It's a month filled with significant dates for anyone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Featured post #1, Internal Communication, Ritual Abuse, Self Injury, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Be brave!, DID healing journey, DID System Work, Dissociative Identity Disorder, From darkness to light, Healing from Ritual Abuse, Healing Process, Leaving the Darkness, Making healthy changes, October strugggles, PTSD, Treatment Goals for DID

An Example of Doing Internal System Work with a DID System

By Kathy Broady MSW 76 Comments

  One of the most important elements to working with DID Systems is doing internal system work.  Sometimes these techniques and processes are a little hard to explain, but fortunately, I have the permission to show you an example of some real-life, honest-to-goodness internal system work done with a dissociative system. This person had been feeling very down and discouraged a few days before this.  It was also … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, Featured post #1, Ritual Abuse, Self Injury Tagged With: Child parts in DID systems, DID Memory Work, DID System Work, Doing Inside Work, Feeling afraid, Feeling Suicidal, Healing from Ritual Abuse, Helping traumatized children, Keeping external safety, Working with Dark Side parts

10 Reasons Why it’s Hard to Leave Perpetrators and Abusers

By Kathy Broady MSW 18 Comments

  Leaving the perpetrators. Separating from the bad guys. Putting distance between yourself and the person / persons who are hurting you, no matter who they are. This is a huge topic in the treatment process for most dissociative trauma survivors.  Safety.  Obtaining safety from the people who are hurting your mind, body, soul, and spirit. Dissociative trauma survivors who had an entire childhood entangled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fear, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Adult-aged sexual abuse, Chronic long term abuse, Domestic Violence, Dysfunctional Family, Leaving the offender, Physical Abuse, Separating from the abuse, Separating from the perpetrator, sexual abuse, Verbal abuse, Years of sexual abuse

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