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2. Still Our Normal Complicated Selves — Keep on Writing!

By Kathy Broady MSW 977 Comments

  Wow -- our first place to write anything has been a WONDERFUL success.... with well over 1,000 comments, and many ongoing conversations between dissociative survivors.   Three cheers for Our Normal Complicated Selves!! And like you, I was having trouble opening the page.  I guess 1000+ comments on one page feels heavy to the internet ??  Not sure. But even so --- let's just start a second page for ONCS … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Friends of Multiples, Fun!, Supportive Spouses Tagged With: DID Community Forum, DID friendship forum, DID friendships, DID support, Discussing Dissociation, ONCS, Online DID community, Our Normal Complicated Selves, the writing place

Inspiring DID Trauma Survivors with Hope and Encouragement

By Kathy Broady MSW 37 Comments

  Found in:  It's OK to be Unique -- It's OK to be Plural     So March 5 is the National DID Awareness Day -- how cool was that. And a couple of days later, March 8, is International Women's Day.     That's two big inspirational days right in a row.  Busy week for female dissociative survivors.   With those days in mind, look at this wonderful idea sent to me :   I am full of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured post #1, Fun!, Supportive Spouses, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: DID / MPD, DID System Work, DiscussingDissociation, Empowering Thoughts, Encouragement for DID survivors, Inspiration quotes, It's ok to be plural, Supporting Trauma Survivors, Value your DID System, You are beautiful, You were innocent

Our Normal Complicated Selves – a place to write about anything

By Kathy Broady MSW 1,127 Comments

  I was given a great idea by one of the readers here at Discussing Dissociation:     I would love to see a thread/topic here that really didn’t have any topic other than maybe people connecting or checking in if they wanted to. Maybe even about things that have nothing to do with DID. It would be nice to have a spot where we could just be our normal complicated selves. “I just made the best pot of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Featured Posts #3, Friends of Multiples, Supportive Spouses Tagged With: Connecting with other DID survivors, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Survivors, Emotional Support, Friends with DID, Online support for DID, Our complicated selves, writing place

Thanks to Those with Dedication and Support for the Healing Process

By Kathy Broady MSW 27 Comments

I received a beautiful poem written by a dissociative survivor, thanking those who have been kind, supportive, comforting, and helpful.   They have generously recognized both mental health professionals and the supportive community of dissociative survivors. Part of the beauty of this poem is that while saying Thank You, this trauma survivor has been able to describe the difficulties and struggles of the healing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Friends of Multiples, Supportive Spouses, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, trauma therapist Tagged With: Dedicated professionals, dedicated to heal, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Finding comfort and help, Getting relief, Helpful therapists, psychiatric hospital, Supportive Friends, Thank you, ZD the poet

5 Kinds of Emotional Support Needed by Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 39 Comments

Emotional support is definitely needed by dissociative trauma survivors. So..... what is emotional support? I often get emails and questions from friends – partners – spouses of dissociative trauma survivors.  These loved ones are often unsure about how to best support their partner amidst all the darkness.  These are the partners who care.  But they don’t know what to do.  They don’t know how to … [Read more...]

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