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I Had a Great Time – Thanks for Asking

By Kathy Broady MSW 43 Comments

. *** trigger warning for dissociative trauma survivors *** The collage and the material discussed in this blog is emotionally intense and could be triggering.  Please be sure that you are in a safe place before reading further. . Trauma survivors with dissociative identity disorder often have to live a double life.  There is the public face, full of pretty smiles and general surface chatter that says “I’m fine”, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Physical Abuse, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma, trauma therapist Tagged With: AbuseConsultants.com, Amnesiac Barrier, Amnesiac Wall, Anxiety, Confusion, Dallas TX, Date Rape, Denial, Depression, DID / MPD, DID Artwork, DID Survivor, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Survivors, Dissociative System, Dissociative Wall, Domestic Violence, DV, emotional pain, Fear, Flashback, Guilt, Healing from Abuse, Healing Process, Hiding your pain, I'm fine., Internal System, Kathy Broady, Memory Work, PTSD, Resolving Trauma Issues, Sadness, Self Destruction, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Sexual Assault, Sexually Abused Children, Sexually Abused Women, Shame, SI, This can't be real, Trauma Survivor, trauma therapist, Trauma Therapy

Who Really Did It? Re: Teen Dating Abuse

By Kathy Broady MSW 12 Comments

The advertising for General Hospital's segment on teen violence / teen dating abuse** caught my attention.  I decided I would check out this "Must See Week!" since the topic is such an important one, especially after all the media coverage of the Chris Brown / Rhianna abusive incident.  Today's teenagers do need to know about domestic violence issues, and I was hoping that General Hospital would do the topic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Internal Communication, Physical Abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Abuse, Abusive Partners, Attachement to the Perpetrator, Chris Brown, Christian Alexander, Date Rape, Denial, DID / MPD, DID Survivor, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, DV, False Accusations, False Allegations, Fear, Fear of the Perpetrator, Filing charges, General Hospital, GH, Guilt, Healing, Helpline, Honesty, Hurt Feelings, Kathy Broady, Kristina and Kiefer, Lexi Ainsworth, Liars, Love is respect, Lying, National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline, NTDAH, Physical Abuse, Pressing Charges, Protecting the Abuser, Rejection, Rhianna, Self-respect, Shame, Soapbox, Stockholm Syndrome, Teen Dating, Teen Dating Abuse, Teen Violence, Telling the Truth, Trauma, Trauma Bond, Trauma Survivors, Violence, Violence against Women

Picturing Parts of a Dissociative System

By Kathy Broady MSW 3 Comments

Hello, This artwork series about Dissociative Identity Disorder has proven to be one of the most popular topics here at the Discussing Dissociation blog.  Web statistics have shown several record setting “highest views” during this DID Artwork series.  That’s amazing!  I guess it’s pretty safe to assume the readers here are interested in these topics.  That’s great!  I’m very happy to carry on with these ideas and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Internal Communication, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: Artwork, Crying, Denial, Denial Parts, DID / MPD, DID Artwork, DID Drawings, DID Education, DID Survivors, DID System Work, Dissociation, dissociative, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Drawing, emotional pain, Health, Host Alters, Host Part, Insiders, Internal Communication, Internal System Work, Internal Systems, Kathy Broady, mental health, Multiplicity, No-talk rules, Pictures of DID, Picturing Dissociation, Picturing Dissociative Identity Disorder, Ponytail, Question, System Work, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, trauma therapist

20 Types of Dissociative Splits

By Kathy Broady MSW 121 Comments

    It always amazes me when dissociative trauma survivors tell me that after they've met three or four of their inside alters (or maybe even a few more than that, but not many), that they think they've met everyone in their system.  They think they don't have that many dissociative splits in their DID system, or they think that they are "done" meeting their insiders. That never makes sense to me.  Oh, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured Post #2, Internal Communication, Kathy's Video Comments, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, Therapy and Counseling, Trauma Tagged With: Abuse, Abusive Fathers, Abusive mothers, Abusive Parents, Child Parts, Denial, DID Treatment, DID/MPD, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Splits, Dysfunctional Family, Emotion, Emotional Containment, Floaters, Health, Host Parts, Internal System Helpers, Internal Systems, Introjects, Kathy Broady, Loyalty, Memory Work, mental health, Mind Control, multiple personality disorder, Organized Perpetrators, Programming, PTSD, Roles within the system, splitting, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, treatment for DID, Types of Alters for DID, Types of Splitting

When a Perpetrator Dies….

By Kathy Broady MSW 19 Comments

  Oh my goodness.....   What were you doing on this day..... ?     Flashing back to several years ago ......   ****   Did you experience the social earthquake today? The sudden death of Michael Jackson today has caught everyone by surprise. Will he be more remembered as the King of Pop?  Or will he be forever remembered as a suspected and accused child molester? Everyone will have … [Read more...]

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