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My 100 Strengths, as Said by a Group of Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 33 Comments

  Hello hello! The other day I was digging around looking and looking and looking for that one thing that I put somewhere where I would never lose it. And yes, of course, I simply could not remember where that particularly important never-to-be-forgotten filing place was, argh!   :roll:  But there is a silver lining to this story.  In searching and searching and searching, I found several other treasures I hadn't … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Friends of Multiples, Fun!, mental health, Supportive Spouses, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: DID / MPD, Discover Your Strengths, Disorders, Dissociation, dissociative, Dissociative Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Trauma Survivor, Group Therapy, Health, Journal To the Self, Kathleen Adams, Kathy, Kathy Broady, MA, Many Voices, mental health, MV, Positive Qualities, Strengths, Trauma Survivors

Can the Horrors of Halloween Drain Away, Leaving Room for Fun?

By Kathy Broady MSW 22 Comments

For most dissociative trauma survivors, Halloween is a difficult time. Halloween is an expansion filled with horrific memories, vivid flashbacks, overwhelming darkness, and uncomforted fear. Internal systems flip and change, with those typically lodged in the back finding their way to the front, making the usual everyday feel completely different from before. Working with these dark parts is essential for healing. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, Fun!, Internal Communication, Ritual Abuse, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Children and Youth, Corrective Emotional Experience, Darkness, DID / MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fear, from pain to gain, Fun, Halloween, Healing, Healing trauma memories, Holidays, Jack-o'-lantern, Kathy Broady, pain, Pumpkin crafts, Pumpkins, resolving trauma, Ritual Abuse, Safety First, Trauma, Trauma Survivors

Tweeting @DiscussingDID for Discussing Dissociation Blog and Kathy Broady MSW

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Hello Anyone that Tweets with Twitter or any other the other Twitter Affiliates,    Do you like to tweet on Twitter? Do you want to learn more about Dissociative Identity Disorder? Do you want to see links to the hundreds of different articles found on Discussing Dissociation? I am getting adventurous and have decided to start tweeting a little more.  And, to be loyal to Discussing Dissociation, I have … [Read more...]

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Facing Your Fears and Moving Forward

By Kathy Broady MSW 5 Comments

"You can admit to the fear, but don't let it stop you from moving forward." This is another wonderful photo courtesy of Grace Ciszkowski of Celebrating Freedom. Grace is the survivor of a kidnapping and all sorts of trauma. You can read more of her life story and see more of her creative photos at her FaceBook page, CelebratinFreedom https://www.facebook.com/CelebratinFreedom   Fear. Fear is a powerful … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fear, mental health, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Admit to the Fear, CelebratinFreedom, Celebrating Freedom, DID / MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Facebook, Fear, Grace, Grace Ciszkowski, Health, Jumping, Jumping from a plane, Kathy Broady, Parachute, Parachuting, Recreation, Sky Diving, Sky Jumping, Tandem skydiving, Travel

When the Painful Past is the Painful Present

By Kathy Broady MSW 64 Comments

  Hello, how are you today?  Are you reading from your painful past, or are you here, in a painful present?  Does it feel like the here-and-now?  Or the way back when?  Or is Then the same as Now? I've been thinking about this topic of Past vs Present for awhile now.  I know I have written about time distortion, memory recall, flashbacks, body memories, trauma processing and all those things before.  (Please … [Read more...]

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