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Real Little Holiday Season — Made especially for Dissociative Kids

By Kathy Broady MSW 5 Comments

Real Little Holiday Season

It's that time of year again --- the holidays are nearly here, and holidays can be very complicated.  Are you feeling happy?  sad?  scared?  angry?  confused?  peaceful?   There are so many different emotions connected to the holiday time of year. This year, here at Discussing Dissociation, we have something brand new planned for the little ones for the dissociative systems, starting now, in the holiday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Featured post #1, Fun!, Internal Communication, Real Little, Stories for Child Insiders, The Power of Music, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: 2021 Holiday Season, Activities for Child Parts, All the feelings, All the Things, Carlita from TRibe, Christmas activities for kids, DID kids, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Holiday feelings, holiday music for DID kids, Real Little, Real Little Holiday Season

Who are these bears?

By Kathy Broady MSW 46 Comments

  Ooooooooh MY !!!   Who are these bears??   And what are they doing here at Discussing Dissociation?   Where did you come from, little bears?   Why are you here?   Do you have any stories to tell the DID kids at Discussing Dissociation?   What are you doing, bears?  What are you doing?   We wanna know!!!     Watch this video for a few more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bears of Hiddenton Point, Child Alters, DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured Posts #4, Fun!, Kathy's Video Comments, Stories for Child Insiders, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Activities for Child Parts, Bears at Discussing Dissociation, Child parts in DID systems, DID kids, DID System Work, Distance Ness, Hiddenton Bears, Saddest Little Bear, Teddy bears for kids, Who are these bears?, Why are you here?

Stark Contrasts in Ways to Approach Child Development

By Kathy Broady MSW 10 Comments

      Today, or tomorrow, my first grandson will be born. He’s not even born yet, and he’s been the center of all things for quite some time. Of course, his arrival is one of the main reasons I’ve come to Texas — I didn’t want to miss those first moments of seeing his precious new life.   Or miss the experience watching my son beam with joy when he holds his first son. Or miss the first weeks of complicated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Featured post #1, Mind Control, Real Little Tagged With: 2-year olds, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child guidance, DID kids, DID System Work, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Newborn babies, Nurturing vs Abusing, Protecting Children, Teaching a child, Teaching young children, when children are hurt, When children are injured

A Quick Heads Up re: Kids Time with Kathy Email Course

By Kathy Broady MSW 28 Comments

    Hey hello! I have some VERY GOOD news to share with you. Well.... I think it's just the best news anyway. Like SUPER good news. FANTASTIC news.   HAPPY DANCE kind of good news! Personally, I'm over-the-moon excited about this. So guess what, guess what, guess what?!!     I've been working on something really cool !   And it's almost almost almost ready for you to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured post #1, Fun! Tagged With: Activities for Child Parts, DID kids, Email Course for DID kids, for DID kids, Internal Systemwork, Kids Time with Kathy

Where is Maizy?

By Kathy Broady MSW 7 Comments

  The holidays are coming! Maizy is playing, and she wants to have some holiday fun this year. Maizy and her friends are saying hello. Can you see her? Can you see some of Maizy's friends? I can!    :mrgreen:    Look closely -- Maizy and her friends are hiding, but they are there!     I hope you are having a good day! Know that I'm thinking of you, and wishing you some holiday … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fun! Tagged With: Christmas fun, DID kids, Discussing Dissociation, for DID kids, Happy Holidays, Holiday fun, Maizy, Merry Christmas

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