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10 Steps for Doing Healing Work with Your DID System

By Kathy Broady MSW 31 Comments

  Have you just discovered that you are multiple? Do you have new insiders surfacing and creating havoc? Is this a tough time of year for you? Are you feeling highly triggered right now? Is your system struggling, feeling dark, chaotic, and separated? Are you experiencing memories, flashbacks, nightmares, and other PTSD symptoms?   For the dissociative survivor, the process of healing from severe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured Post, Featured post #1, Internal Communication, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Building Relationships, Creating Safety, DID healing process, DID System Work, DID Therapy, Healing from trauma, Healing Journey, Internal System Work, Memory Work, Saddest Little Bear Story Pack, Safety First, Steps for trauma healing, trauma history, Where to start for DID healing

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...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID Forum Support, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Featured Posts #4, Friends of Multiples, Supportive Spouses Tagged With: Building Relationships, Compassion, consistency, DID friendship, DID support people, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Having fun together, learn about Dissociative Disorders, Open mindedness, Sense of humor, Supportive Spouses, Willing to learn

Abandonment — A Painful, Tender Hurt for Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 68 Comments

  Abandonment is such a tender issue for trauma survivors.  Most survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID/MPD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have had more than their fair share of genuine abandonment instances. For severe trauma survivors, abandonment would have been experienced over and over in various situations: Each time your parents or caregivers turned a blind eye to the sexual abuse … [Read more...]

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