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10 Big Benefits of Being on the Email List for Discussing Dissociation

By Kathy Broady MSW 32 Comments

Why, Kathy?   Why should I join the email list for Discussing Dissociation?      What's the point? Are you going to spam me ? Are you going to hassle me ? Absolutely not.   In the emails, I just talk to you.  Everyday chatter.  If you have any wondering about who I am as a person, these emails will be me just being me.   You'll get to hear stories and background information that's not posted on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured post #1, Internal Communication, Online Therapy, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Building Trust, DID information, DID newsletter, Discussing Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, email newsletter, feeling better, Healing from trauma, Improving internal dialogue, Internal Communication, System Communication, Talking Together

Thankful and Happy to be Here

By Kathy Broady MSW 13 Comments

  It's Thanksgiving Day in the USA.  That gives me one more reason to say....  it's a good day to be thankful for all the changes that have been made around here at Discussing Dissociation.   I am THANKFUL for .....   T  --  Thankful for YOU, for coming here to read H --  Happy about having a new web platform where new opportunities are now             possible A --   Appreciation for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured Posts #3, Online Therapy Tagged With: Appreciation for readers, Blog Improvements, Discussing Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Kathy from Discussing Dissociation, Launching a new site, Thankful, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving Day

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

2014 in review for Discussing Dissociation

By Kathy Broady MSW 1 Comment

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 190,000 times in 2014. If it were an exhibit at the Louvre Museum, it would take about 8 days for that many people to see it. Click here to see the complete report. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder Tagged With: 2014 Annual Stats, blog about DID, blog about dissociation, Discussing Dissociation, dissociative

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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