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Merry Christmas, Everyone

By Kathy Broady MSW Leave a Comment

Hey, hello, hello.   :-)    Just a quick note so you know I'm thinking of you. It's my family's Christmas Day gathering day today, so I'm a bit busy -- hopefully, I'm having a good time.   :-?   As the Holidays continue, I hope you are doing something that you enjoy too.   Here's a video with an inspirational Christmas challenge in it.   Have a peek!     Wishing you a JOY filled … [Read more...]

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Merry Christmas – or is it Merry for Everyone?

By Kathy Broady MSW 11 Comments

  Sometimes Christmas can be a time of joyful exploring. And seeing wonderment in the bright eyes of children, and enjoying new sights and sounds. Christmas can be about playing, smiling, laughter, warmth, togetherness, creative imagination, happiness, and carefree innocence.   Maybe you know how this feels, coz sometimes Christmas isn’t so fun…   Yet..... sometimes Christmas isn't so fun...   It … [Read more...]

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Thank you, and Merry Christmas Eve

By Kathy Broady MSW 8 Comments

    Merry Christmas Eve!! For all of you that read here at Discussing Dissociation, Thank you for spending your time with me. I do appreciate your coming here to read, and write, and to share understanding. My thoughts for you all, even those of you I do not know personally, I still hope and pray this Christmas Eve is a warm, gentle, peace-filled, joyous time for you. And may all Darkness stay far far … [Read more...]

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Holidays for DID Trauma Survivors… Making it Nice for the Littles

By Kathy Broady MSW 2 Comments

Hello everyone. I hope today has been a good day for you. I decided to reblog this article because when it was originally written, I posted it late into the holiday season, and that didn't give everyone enough time to follow through with some of the ideas. For dissociative survivors, Christmas is often a time of heartache, sadness, loneliness, trauma....   Making NEW memories, positive memories, is a crucial … [Read more...]

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A Thank You to Santa’s Reindeer

By Kathy Broady MSW 19 Comments

    Hi hi hi! This is a fun post -- nothing too serious. There have been plenty enough hard times for everyone over the past weeks of holidays. I figure its time for something fun. Too much serious time usually means that the inside kids haven't been getting enough play time. And with DID / MPD, it's very important to keep a balance for everyone in the system. Okay, older ones, if it's alright with … [Read more...]

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