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The Therapeutic Value of Writing

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

Therapeutic Value of Writing    Writing is both very healing and very therapeutic. Writing - or journaling - is an important part of processing difficult emotions, complicated situations, and complex layers of life’s experiences. Writing is a way to process trauma, and can be another way to tell without telling. It is a way to explore your experiences, a way to figure out what you think, a time to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Internal Communication, mental health, Stories for Child Insiders, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Creative Writing, Diary, Dissociation, Emotion, James Pennebaker, James W. Pennebaker, Journal, Journal your feelings, Journaling file system, Journalling, Kathy Broady, pain, The value of writing, Therapeutic writing, therapy, University of Texas at Austin, Writing, Writing for healing

And Then What Happened?

By Kathy Broady MSW 26 Comments

Hi hi hi --   :mrgreen:   :-D   :-)   :lol:    Have you ever played the never-ending story game? This is a fun and creative writing game.   I will start the first introduction to the story, and if you will, you all please add the next bit, and then the next bit, and then the next bit.     You can add your part of the story in the comments section at the bottom of this page.  What do YOU think … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Fun!, Internal Communication, Stories for Child Insiders, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: and then what happened?, creating stories, creative stories, Creative Writing, inside stories, Kathy Broady, Stories for children, writing for fun

Can You Picture Dissociative Identity Disorder?

By Kathy Broady MSW 11 Comments

  What is it like to live with Dissociative Identity Disorder? How does it feel to have Dissociative Identity Disorder? What do you wish others could understand about DID?   Have you found it hard to put the experience of Dissociative Identity Disorder into words?       Sometimes pictures say a thousand words. Dissociative Identity Disorder can be hard to explain in words, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Art Therapy, Artwork, Call for Artwork, Collage, Creative Writing, Creativity, DID / MPD, DID Artwork, DID Survivors, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Survivors, Drawing DID, Kathy Broady, multiple personality disorder, Multiplicity, Painting, Picturing DID, split personality, Submitting Artwork, Survivor Artwork, Trauma Survivors

United States of Tara – If you were the writer…

By Kathy Broady MSW 16 Comments

Obviously, there is a tremendous amount of controversy and upset among the survivor community about how Showtime has presented Dissociative Identity Disorder in United States of Tara series. Thank you, everyone, for so many lively comments on the previous post about this topic.  I think that's excellent.  It is very good to speak up about your cause and let the world know how it really is.  One way to combat the … [Read more...]

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