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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...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fun!, Stories for Child Insiders, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Abuse, AbuseConsultants.com, Amnesia, Betrayal, Child Development, Child Parts, Childhood Development, Childhood Needs, Childhood Playtime, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Childhood Trauma, Corrective Emotional Experience, DID / MPD, DID Survivor, Dissociative Amnesia, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Walls, emotional pain, Grief, Have fun!, Internal System, Kathy Broady, Kid Parts, Loss, Multiples, Neglect, Sadness, Sexually Abused Children, Too much pain, Trauma, Trauma Survivor, Treatment Goals for DID, Unicorn, Unicorn found in Italy, Unmet Needs, Working with child parts

Where Did I Put My Keys?

By Kathy Broady MSW 12 Comments

Last night I lost my keys in the office.   It was a silly ordeal – they were hanging right where I last put them – but it took me awhile to remember where that was. I had a little help finding them, and I am really thankful that Mr. Janitor Man was so very kind.  He was patient with me, looking everywhere with me while I retraced my steps of the evening.  We looked under couches, in between cushions, under … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Internal Communication, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: Amnesia, Amnesiac Barriers, Appreciation, Cooperation, DID / MPD, DID Specialist, DID Survivor, DID Therapist, DID Therapy, dissociative, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Walls, Helpers, Host Part, Internal Communication, Internal Cooperation, Internal System, Internal System Helpers, Janitor, Kathy Broady, Lost Car Keys, Lost Keys, mental health, Sabotage, Self-sabotage, System Communication, System Cooperation, System Parts, System Sabotage, System Work, Talking Inside, Talking Through, Talking Together, Trauma Survivors, Treatment Goals for DID

The Changing of the Seasons — Does This Impact You and Your System?

By Kathy Broady MSW 29 Comments

  These days mark another season change. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it will be the first day of spring. For those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, it will be the beginning of autumn.   The first day of spring, the first day of summer, the first day of autumn, and the first day of winter are all significant and difficult days for many trauma survivors with Dissociative Identity … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Mind Control, Ritual Abuse, Self Injury, Therapy and Counseling Tagged With: Abuse, Amnesia, Anxiety, Change of Seasons, Dark Parts, Dark Side, Darkness, Depressed, Depression, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Divided Selves, Divided System, Fall Equinox, Feeling Depressed, Feeling Suicidal, First day of spring, Grounding Techniques, Having a bad week, Isolating from Others, Kathy Broady, Losing Time, Lost Time, Missing Time, Night Parts, RA, Ritual Abuse, Ritually Abused, Season Change, Seasons, Seasons Changing, Self Harm, Self Injury, SI, Social Isolation, Spiritual Abuse, Spring Equinox, Suicidal, Suicidal Thoughts, Summer Solstice, Time Loss, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, Winter Solstice

Picturing the Healing Process for Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Kathy Broady MSW 11 Comments

  This set of picture-postcards demonstrates a passage through time for a trauma survivor with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID / MPD). These pictures show different phases of the dissociative healing process, and illustrate how healing occurs.  Notice that they move from a more shattered, painful, chaotic place to a calmer, structured, organized place.  Where there is originally nothing but a fragmented … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Integration - yes or no, Internal Communication, mental health, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma, trauma therapist Tagged With: Abuse, Amnesia, Artwork, cutting, Depression, DID / MPD, DID Art, DID Artwork, DID Survivors, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Walls, Embroidery, emotional pain, Goals for DID Therapy, Grief, Growth, Healing, Healing from DID, Healing from Sexual Abuse, Healing Process, Health, Integration Process, Kathy Broady, mental health, multiple personality disorder, pain, Pictures of DID, Pictures of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Picturing Dissociation, Progress, Remembering, Sadness, Self Harm, Self Injury, sexual abuse, SI, Stitching, Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Thoughts, Support Groups, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, Treatment Goals for DID

Can You Lead Your System?

By Kathy Broady MSW 41 Comments

  Are you a leader? Do you know what it takes to be a leader? Multiples – trauma survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder – experience life as plural.  Dissociative systems may be internal sets of people, but they are still groups of people nonetheless. All groups of people need a leader they can look up to – someone they can trust, someone they can depend on, someone with their best interests in mind … [Read more...]

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