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Inspiring DID Trauma Survivors with Hope and Encouragement

By Kathy Broady MSW 37 Comments

  Found in:  It's OK to be Unique -- It's OK to be Plural     So March 5 is the National DID Awareness Day -- how cool was that. And a couple of days later, March 8, is International Women's Day.     That's two big inspirational days right in a row.  Busy week for female dissociative survivors.   With those days in mind, look at this wonderful idea sent to me :   I am full of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured post #1, Fun!, Supportive Spouses, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: DID / MPD, DID System Work, DiscussingDissociation, Empowering Thoughts, Encouragement for DID survivors, Inspiration quotes, It's ok to be plural, Supporting Trauma Survivors, Value your DID System, You are beautiful, You were innocent

What Do You Need to Know About Dissociative Identity Disorder?

By Kathy Broady MSW 39 Comments

  What do you need to know about Dissociative Identity Disorder?   If you've been reading recent blogs, you are well aware that I am continuing to expand this blog into a bigger community, with even more resource available for dissociative trauma survivors. So while I'm working on building the new structure,  I'd like to hear your input again.  I have my ideas, of course, but let's face it.  Unless this blog has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, Online Therapy Tagged With: DID / MPD, DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Learning about DID, Learning about Dissociative Disorders, Questions about Dissociation, What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?

Kathy, Where Have You Been These Past 5 Years?

By Kathy Broady MSW 32 Comments

  Five years! Those of you who have been reading here for awhile will know what I'm talking about, and some of you are going to learn a whole lot about me today.  :) FIRST -- I want to say... this [post was written on] the 15-year anniversary for the beginning of my very first online therapeutic site for dissociative trauma survivors -- AbuseConsultants -- a website offering online counseling, email … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, Online Therapy, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, trauma therapist Tagged With: AbuseConsultants, Australia, Back to work, DID / MPD, DID Phone Therapy, DID Therapist, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Kathy Broady, Online Therapy, Phone sessions, Phone Sessions with Kathy Broady MSW, SurvivorForum

How is This Blog about Dissociative Identity Disorder Working for You?

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

    Hi, hi hi -- how are you today?   I'm feeling a bit silly, as you can see in the picture, and I'm trying out something new today. I've made a new little contact form with a few questions, and I'd like to use that, so I can hear more from you!   You don't have to use this form, but hey -- I'm proud of it, so I'm putting it right here at the top of the page.  :)      How is this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Friends of Multiples, mental health, Online Therapy, Physical Abuse, sexual abuse, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: DID / MPD, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Trauma Survivors, Kathy Broady MSW, multiple personality disorder, Online resources for DID, treatment resources, What do you think?

What if you don’t like being Multiple?

By Kathy Broady MSW 3 Comments

  Hi everyone, I selected this article to re-blog because it already has 46 comments connected to it, and links to an article about the benefits of being multiple with 59 comments.  Wow !! That tells me y'all have a lot to say about these topics, and I'm certainly interested in hearing more. I'm not multiple, so I don't really have a say. I'm looking forward to hearing from those of you that know all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder Tagged With: Benefits of multiplicity, Child Abuse, DID / MPD, DID Survivor, Dissociative Identity Disorder

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