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The Bullying Bird

By Kathy Broady MSW 4 Comments

    Today, this post has been on my mind, primarily because it is one of my favorite life encounters with a wild bird. The months I spent with this bird created some wonderful memories that I will cherish forever. But also, today, I have a situation that gave me eyes like this bird.  I can't say any more about that at this point, or it will give the story away.  I have related to him tho', that's for sure!! So … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Maggies Tagged With: Bird, Bullying, Disorders, Dissociation, dissociative, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Health, Kathy, Magpie, mental health, What to do about bullying

Discussing Dissociation, Five Years Later

By Kathy Broady MSW Leave a Comment

Five years. Yes, five. December 2013 marks the five year anniversary of the Discussing Dissociation blog. Five years. FIVE years already already. Wow. Where does the time go? At this moment, there are over 200 articles written about dissociative disorders, and over 3400 comments from the people who understand dissociative disorders better than anyone else in the world -- thank you for your comments, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Online Therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: Abuse, DID / MPD, DID Artwork, Disorders, Dissociation, dissociative, Dissociative Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Population, Health, heartbreak, Kathy, Kathy Broady, mental health, Multiplicity, Neglect, Picturing DID / MPD, Plural Minded, splitting, Thank you, Trauma

50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Kathy Broady MSW 18 Comments

 "50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder"    A comprehensive listing, yes, but even so,  still not exhaustive of all the work done by dissociative trauma survivors.     Healing takes a LOT of work. There's no wonder it's so time-consuming.   This article is one of the very first posts written on Discussing Dissociation. There are many new readers of this blog since those early … [Read more...]

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My 100 Strengths, by a Group of Dissociative Trauma Survivors, Part Two

By Kathy Broady MSW 13 Comments

  Thank you to those who have read the first part of this series, My 100 Strengths, as Said by a Group of Dissociative Trauma Survivors. And an extra thank you goes out to those of you who have participated in this exercise by adding 10 strengths of your own.  That's much appreciated, and yes, all additional ideas are welcome. I will continue with the original list before I go on to speak about the new … [Read more...]

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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...]

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