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Why are Puzzle Pieces so Important at the P4 DID Conference?

By Kathy Broady MSW 7 Comments

P4 Puzzle Pieces

    Do you like those beautiful puzzle pieces?   And WOW -- did you notice the date?  How is it already only a few days before the P4 DID Conference?    Oh -- hey -- have YOU registered yet?   HURRY!  There is still time!  ( Click HERE to register NOW.) When the idea of creating a brand new DID Conference -- a learning time that was based on genuine and extensive clinical experience and not a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured post #1, Friends of Multiples, Fun!, Phoenix Conference, Supportive Spouses, The Power of Music, trauma therapist Tagged With: DID Survivors, DID systems, DID Therapists, Discussing Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Interacting with DID systems, learn about Dissociative Disorders, P4 DID Conference, puzzle pieces

Doris and Morris, the Neighbors, of Course

By Kathy Broady MSW 16 Comments

  Hello ! Here is Doris and Morris. Of course. Doris and Morris are the very best neighbors I have ever had.  A horse, of course! Doris is the pretty chestnut mare, and Morris is the beautiful black gelding. Doris is younger, and spunky, and she happily canters over every afternoon for her very favorite treat -- pieces of bread. Bread, bread, bread! Doris could eat a whole loaf of bread every single … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Stories for Child Insiders, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Absence of Quiet, Chaos, Creating a safe place, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Doris, feeling safe, good neighbors, good neighbours, Healing Process, Horses, Internal Safety, Internal System, Kathy Broady, Morris, Neighborhood Safety, Neighbors, no drama, Peace, Quiet, Safe Neighbors, Safe Places, Safety, Stability, Trauma Survivors, turmoil

Three Difficult Scenarios involving Fathers

By Kathy Broady MSW 82 Comments

  It’s Father’s Day.  Father's Day is all about those endearing, positive, caring fathers.  But what about the abusive fathers? Fathers.  Yep, fathers are as difficult a topic for dissociative trauma survivors as mothers. Fathers often are heavily involved in the trauma history for dissociative survivors.  Most DID survivors I know have far too many painful memories involving their fathers.   I decided I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fear, Physical Abuse, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Abandonment, Abuse, Addictions, Anger, Anxiety, Body Memories, Child Abuse, Childhood rules, Depression, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family rules, Father Issues, Fathers, Fathers as Perpetrators, Fathers that abandon their children, Fathers who are abusive, Fear, Flashbacks, Happy Father's Day, Healing, Internal Systems, Kathy Broady, Making your own decisions, Painful, Perpetrators, Physical Abuse, Saying No, Self Destruction, Self Esteem, sexual abuse, splitting, Splitting Process, Trauma Survivors

Don’t Touch My Stuff !!

By Kathy Broady MSW 26 Comments

  Through the years, some of the most popular articles of the Discussing Dissociation blog has been about compulsive hoarding.    Compulsive Hoarding and Dissociative Disorders   Land of the Free?   I can’t explain their popularity on this blog, other than the way a rash of television programs have increased the awareness of the complications about hoarding. However, hoarding issues are typically … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Compulsive Hoarding, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, mental health Tagged With: Angry, Anxiety, Attachment Issues, Boundaries, Breaking boundaries, cleaning house, Compulsive Hoarding, Depression, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Disaster Survivors, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Don't Touch My Stuff!, Emotional Freedom, emotional pain, Emotional Protection, Hoarders, Hoarding, Hoarding on A&E, Hoarding: Buried Alive, Invasion of Boundaries, Isolation, Kathy Broady, Lack of privacy, letting go, Losing everything, Memories, Privacy, Professional Organizers, Remembering, selling your things, Stress, Throw out the trash, Tornado Survivors, Trauma Survivors, Violations

I Just don’t Understand Perpetrators!

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

*** This is a difficult post and it is meant for your older parts.  Please note -- it could be triggering to many within your system.  Please check this article with your internal leaders before letting your littles or sensitive ones read any further.  Thanks, Kathy. ***   Recently, I witnessed a fight between some wild animals that was particularly upsetting to see.  There is no need to go into great detail about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID/MPD, Domestic Violence, Maggies, Mind Control, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Attacks of Violence, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Groups of Perpetrators, Kathy Broady, Mother Nature, Perpetrators, Protection of others, Sadistic Abuse, Sadistic criminals, Understanding perpetrators, Victimization by Perpetration, Victimized, Victims of Abuse

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