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Believing a Lie – the Foundation of Dissociation

By Kathy Broady MSW 43 Comments

  What makes it difficult for trauma survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder to know the truth? How easy is it to trick someone with DID with a lie? When are survivors lying to themselves? When does dissociation block out information to know the difference? When does pain, especially emotional pain, become the deciding factor in what survivors believe, regardless of truth? When does the viciousness … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, Physical Abuse, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma, trauma therapist Tagged With: Abuse, Amnesiac Walls, Anger, Back-stabbing, Believing a Lie, Betrayal, Blame, Denial, Detachment, DID/MPD, Dissociation, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Survivors, Dissociative Walls, Emotional Abuse, emotional pain, Family that Lies, Friends that Lie, Honesty, Kathy Broady, Lying, Lying to Yourself, multiple personality disorder, Perpetrators, Physical Abuse, Projection, PTSD, Ritual Abuse, Self-delusion, Self-protection, sexual abuse, Sexually Abused, split personality, splitting, The Splitting Process, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, Truth

Now I have lost my father…

By Kathy Broady MSW 32 Comments

“So thanks to all of this therapy, I have lost my father.” “You haven’t lost your father….You did lose the father that you thought you had…” “OK, I get it.  I didn’t have the perfect dad…. And my therapy has successfully shattered my romanticized image of my narcissistic father.  Is that how you would say it?” “I would say, the patient, born to a depressed mother, idealized her father so as to not feel completely … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, HBO's Series "In Treatment", mental health, sexual abuse, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Trauma Tagged With: Abusive Family Dynamics, Abusive Fathers, Abusive Relationships, Amnesia, Amnesiac Wall, Denial, Depression, DID/MPD, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Walls, Dr. Paul Weston, HBO Series In Treatment, Honesty, Host Parts, In Treatment, Inside System, Insiders, Internal Communication, Kathy Broady, Lying, Multiplicity, Safety, Sex Offenders, sexual abuse, Sexually Abused, split personality, Trauma Survivors, trauma therapist, Trauma Therapy, Treatment Goal for DID

HBO’s “In Treatment” – Is That What Therapy is Like?

By Kathy Broady MSW 17 Comments

How many of you have been watching the award-winning HBO Series, "In Treatment" with Gabriel Byrne, Dianne Wiest, and John Mahoney?  This HBO series is currently near the beginning of its second season, centered around how Dr. Paul Weston (Byrne) conducts therapy sessions with four different clients, and then his own individual therapy process with his own therapist, Dr. Gina Toll (Wiest). In my opinion, the "In … [Read more...]

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30 Potential Blocks in the Therapy Process for Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 56 Comments

The healing process for dissociative trauma survivors is very long, involved and complex, and of course, the therapy process for the treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder is full of many potential blocks, complications, detours, messes, digressions, etc. The article, 50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder, lists out many of the steps involved in trauma therapy.  How can dissociative trauma … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, Mind Control, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma, trauma therapist Tagged With: Addictions, Alcohol Abuse, Anger, Anxiety, Blocks in Therapy, Current Day Abuse, Current-day Safety, Denial, Depression, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Drug Abuse, Facing the Truth, Fear, Healing, Healing Process, Host Personality, Incompetent Therapy, Kathy Broady, Multiplicity, No-talk rules, Ongoing Abuse, Resistance, Resistant to Change, Sabotage, Secrets, Self Destruction, Self Injury, Sex Addiction, Suicide, Therapeutic Blocks, Therapeutic Work, therapy, Therapy Process, Therpeutic Resistance, Trauma Survivors, trauma therapist, Trauma Therapy, Treatment Goals for DID, Treatment of DID, Violent Relationships

Dissociative Trauma Survivors – Must You Be Alone?

By Kathy Broady MSW 49 Comments

  Are you alone?   Oh, what a tough and painful topic this one is. All too many dissociative survivors are alone.  Alone with their pain.  Alone with their memories.  Alone within their system.  Alone in relationships.   Alone in a crowded room. Far too many dissociative survivors feel painfully alone.  Isolated.  Alienated.  Separated from others. There are actually a few trauma survivors that genuinely … [Read more...]

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