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How Many People Have Dissociative Identity Disorder?

By Kathy Broady MSW 29 Comments

    Hello, hello! I was doing some research today, and wondered how many people have Dissociative Identity Disorder. So far, what I could find, the statistics are saying that:   Approximately 1% of the population is DID.   So... with a current world population of 7.4 billion people, that means:   There are approximately 74 million dissociative people.     Say WHAAAAT? Yep, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder Tagged With: 1% of the population, 74 million dissociative people, DID/MPD, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, how many people have DID?, World population

2 New Discussing Dissociation FaceBook Pages

By Kathy Broady MSW 9 Comments

Hello Everyone, So after nearly seven years of writing in this blog, I've finally opened a FaceBook page for Discussing Dissociation.  I know, I know... I'm SOOOOO slow sometimes!! And, there is also a DiscussingDissociation page as well.  Not quite sure how I got two separate pages, but there you go.  Double the fun!   [Update - I think I've fixed that now!] Anyway, all of you are welcome to stop by and either … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Friends of Multiples, Fun! Tagged With: DID/MPD, Discussing Dissociation, Facebook, Kathy Broady

Why Bother to Integrate if You’re Multiple?

By Kathy Broady MSW 20 Comments

With so much pressure out in the therapeutic world to integrate, my question back to that, is why?? Dissociative trauma survivors need healing from all the wounding, and safety from any further abuse, yes, absolutely of course.   And some blending will occur naturally with internal / external safety, with good communication, and with excellent internal team work.   But what's wrong with experiencing a safe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Integration - yes or no, mental health Tagged With: Benefits of multiplicity, DID/MPD, Dissociative Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Integration, Integration for DID, Living life as a multiple, No need to integrate

Kathy’s Video Comment: Self Injury and Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Kathy Broady MSW 22 Comments

  Hello Everyone, The last posts have been about Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder. A typical close neighbor to feeling depressed and struggling with the after-effects of trauma is addressing the self-injury monster. Self injury, self destruction, self harm -- and the numerous ways to say it -- are some of the most read about topics on this blog. There are lots of folks wrestling with these … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Kathy's Video Comments, Self Injury, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Comfort, Depression, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Kathy's video comments, Preventing self-injury, Safety First, Self Destructive Behavior, Self Harm, Self Injury

Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder, part 1

By Kathy Broady MSW 42 Comments

  Depression. And Dissociative Identity Disorder.   They are gonna happen. At the same time.... Yes, at exactly the same time.   You can bet on that. I'm so sorry...because oh my goodness, struggling with Depression, or struggling with DID is tough enough.   Putting them together, is a big ol' whammy.   It's a tough combination, but there are still plenty of things you can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Internal Communication, mental health, Self Injury, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Depression, DID System Work, DID Treatment Goals, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Overcoming depression, Resolving Trauma Issues, Self Injury, Suicidal Thinking

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