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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

Noise Pollution and Sound Trauma becomes Psychological Torture

By Kathy Broady MSW 30 Comments

  Noise Pollution and Sound Trauma as a form of Torture Have you ever experienced noise pollution or sound trauma?   Those are my words for it, and in my definition, sound trauma is an overly long, extended exposure to a loud, uncomfortable, grating, penetrating noise.  For that matter, I suppose the noise  / noise pollution could be quieter, yet when it gets repeated extensively, it would still be effective … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, DID Education, DID Forum Support, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, Featured post #1, Mind Control, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: DID System Work, Emotional Overwhelm, internal noise and chaos, Noise pollution, Noise trauma, Overwhelming noise, peace and quiet, psychological torture, Sound torture, Sound trauma

Podcast with Kathy and TAASTTA (Trauma Awareness and Support Through the Arts)

By Kathy Broady MSW 16 Comments

  Hey, hello, and guess what ?!   I have a brand new podcast for you to listen to -- a podcast about dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, and the effects of trauma.   Actually, this is only part 1 of the podcast --  part 2 is a separate post and a separate podcast --  but start here please:   TAASTTA TALK RADIO Encouraging trauma survivors to find healing through the arts (click … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, DID Education, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fear, Featured post #1, mental health, Podcasts, Self Injury, sexual abuse, The Power of Music, Trauma Tagged With: Art Therapy, Hanna Kebbede, Healing through the Arts, Podcasts with Kathy from DiscussingDissociation, Resources for trauma survivors, TAASTTA, Talk Radio about Dissociation, Talk Radio with Kathy Broady MSW, Trauma triggers, What is dissociation?

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

DID Survivors — I have a Question for You about Fathers

By Kathy Broady MSW 43 Comments

    DID Survivors — I have a question for you about fathers.   It’s not Father’s Day everywhere in the world, but this weekend has been  Father’s Day for the Discussing Dissociation readers in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa, Peru, Netherlands, and Philippines.   I’ve mentioned these countries specifically because it’s absolutely amazing to see these areas in the Top 10 Countries for DD … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Featured post #1, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: a question about fathers, Abusive Fathers, Beautiful memories, DID Survivor, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Father's Day, Helpful fathers, Painful memories, Pancake Day, Top 10 Countries

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