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

By Kathy Broady MSW 15 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, Featured Posts #4, 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

Kathy’s Video Comments re: 10 Truths for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse

By Kathy Broady MSW 9 Comments

Hey - hello hello today, I'm trying some new things, and I have made a short video of myself talking about the last blog entry.  This video is specifically for adult survivors of sexual abuse.   10 Truths for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse   These are big brave steps for me to put myself out on a video.  All disclaimers needed! I'm very new at making simple home-made videos, so there's no fancy tricks, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Kathy's Video Comments, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Abuse, Adult survivors, Adult-aged sexual abuse, Creating Safety, Current Day Abuse, DID/MPD, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Kathy from Discussing Dissociation, Kathy's video comments, Maizy, sexual abuse, Trauma, Violent Relationships

10 Truths for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

My previous post was written about childhood sexual abuse. Children are young, small, and without resources.  Grasping the innocence of those children is easily seen and understood.   But for some folks, trauma and abuse doesn't stop in childhood.  It may have started in childhood, but it might not have ended yet. What then?     What about those situations where an adult is battling sexual … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Fear, Internal Communication, Introjects, Mind Control, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma, trauma therapist Tagged With: Abuse, Adult survivors, Adult-aged sexual abuse, Affects of Dissociation, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex Dissociation, Courage, CSA, Current Day Abuse, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Effects of Child Abuse, Healing from Sexual Abuse, Mind Control, Ongoing Abuse, Preventing Sexual Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma, use of force

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