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2010 in review – from WordPress about the Discussing Dissociation Blog

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The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 110,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at The Louvre Museum, it would take 5 days for that many people to see it. In 2010, there were … [Read more...]

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Let Sleeping Dogs Lie – or not?!

By Kathy Broady MSW 18 Comments

Let sleeping dogs lie…. We’ve all heard the phrase said over and over.   It means to leave something the way it is because disturbing it would cause more trouble or additional complications.  Fine, fine, fine.  Maybe for today, I’ll not address the troublemakers in life.  Heaven knows, I’ve run into more than enough of my fair share of dogs that lie….  But ok, I’ll respect the wisdom of the phrase and for now, I … [Read more...]

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Who’s Looking at You In the Mirror?

By Kathy Broady MSW 15 Comments

The following drawing is a DID survivor’s response to my question:    Can you picture dissociative identity disorder?   *** If you are a dissociative trauma survivor, please read the following article with caution.  Some of the topics presented in this blog article could create an emotional reaction from your internal system as several difficult but important topics are mentioned.  Please be sure to … [Read more...]

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A Real Unicorn?!! Really?

By Kathy Broady MSW 24 Comments

This article is written for the child parts of the DID survivors that read this blog. Hey Kids, did you see the news yesterday?  Hmmmm…. probably not, because most kids don’t watch the news.  And because of that, I wanted to make sure to let you know about something I saw in the news that might interest you.   Look!  Look!   They found something that looks like a real unicorn!!     If you look … [Read more...]

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I Had a Great Time – Thanks for Asking

By Kathy Broady MSW 43 Comments

. *** trigger warning for dissociative trauma survivors *** The collage and the material discussed in this blog is emotionally intense and could be triggering.  Please be sure that you are in a safe place before reading further. . Trauma survivors with dissociative identity disorder often have to live a double life.  There is the public face, full of pretty smiles and general surface chatter that says “I’m fine”, … [Read more...]

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