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What’s New for You? 8 More resources for Dissociative Trauma Survivors!

By Kathy Broady MSW 6 Comments

Starting a new year.

  Hello hello!  Happy New Year! Wowzers --- it's already the end of one decade, and the start of a new decade.  That's okay, because I have a lot of good news to tell you about what's gonna be here in this New Year at Discussing Dissociation.  We are in our 11th year, and our DD Community is continually growing, and expanding to include new people, with new needs, new questions, new concerns.  I have 8 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bears of Hiddenton Point, DID Education, DID Forum Support, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Featured post #1, Kathy's Video Comments, Puppies, Supportive Spouses, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: DID Community, DID Email Consultation, DID Forum, DID Phone Consultations, DID resources, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Happy New Year 2020, Healing Resources, Partners of Trauma Survivors, Silver kelpies, Supportive Spouses

Our New DID Community Forum is OPEN!

By Kathy Broady MSW 10 Comments

  Yes! The New DDCF Forum is HERE! Wow.  Happy days are here again.  Because, after a long battle of bumbling and fumbling around with our old forum platform, I’m enormously pleased to announce that the shiny new DDCF forum platform is bright and beautiful.   Yes, our new forum site is now open and it’s working splendidly!    The DDCF Community is adjusting to the new look, the new feel, the new features, and we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Forum Support, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured post #1, Fun!, Internal Communication, Online Therapy, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: awesome community, DDCF, DID Community, DID Forum, DID friendships, DID healing journey, Discussing Dissociation Community Forum, Dissociative Identity Disorder, forum for dissociative trauma survivors

Sad to Say We’ve Lost Someone from our DID Community

By Kathy Broady MSW 18 Comments

Oh, it’s just never fun to write about losing someone, but I must tell you some very sad news.   One of our long-term, dedicated-to-DID healing community members has recently passed away from terminal illness, via  sudden heart attack.   Here at Discussing Dissociation, we knew this beautiful soul as “All the Jill People” or “Participating Parts”.      Honoring All the Jill People Today, I'm writing to honor … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured post #1, mental health Tagged With: A life well-lived, Acceptance of DID parts, Courage and bravery, DID advocacy, DID Artwork, DID Community, DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Loss of a close friend, Pictures of Dissociative Identity Disorder, Speak your truth

5000 Comments Posted on DiscussingDissociation

By Kathy Broady MSW 7 Comments

  Yep!  :) That's right!!  :)   We have made 5000 comments on this blog. You.  Y'all.  All you rock stars out there! Thank you, thank you, and thank you!     Wait!  Wait!  Wait!    It's been awhile since I first wrote this article, and I have an update to add.   There are now 10,000 comments posted on this blog!!   No, no, that's NOT spam -- spam comments are never posted, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID Forum Support, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Friends of Multiples, Fun!, Online Therapy, Supportive Spouses, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: 10000 comments, 5000 comments, asking questions, building a community, DID Community, DID Community Support, Experts in Dissociation, my readers are awesome, Online community, sharing the wisdom, Thanking my readers, the best readers

4 Happy Thanksgiving Thankful For’s

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving!   Just for fun -- and because it's good for the hear too --  I'm picking a few pictures that show you some things I am thankful for.  To be specific, I'm picking FOUR things I am thankful for.  I'm thankful for a lot more than FOUR things, but you know... it's kinda fun to be thankful FOUR.   :-)  :mrgreen:  :roll:  :lol:    1.  Things that are beautiful. Nature is so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Fun!, Puppies, Stories for Child Insiders, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Appreciation, baby birds, Beautiful flowers, DID Community, DID Community Support, Gratitude, Happy memories, Happy Thanksgiving, Just for fun, Maizy, Pinky, Pinto pony, Smiles, Thankful

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