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What Would Your Perfect Treatment Plan Look Like?

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Hello Everyone, I've been continuing to add links to the List of All Articles page, and while doing so, I came across this article written in 2010. It has 50 wonderful comments from the readers of this blog (wow! that's excellent!), and I decided to bring this topic back up to view. What do you think? Do you agree or disagree with the comments presented? Do you have your own comment to add? What would the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: DID Treatment, DID/MPD, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Treatment Goals for DID

Article Links Made – Finally!

By Kathy Broady MSW Leave a Comment

      Hello, hello! I've been updating the List of All Articles page here at Discussing Dissociation. I'm not completely up to date on all nine years of posts and articles, but I have most of them listed. If you are looking for a specific topic, you might find it list on the List of Articles page. Or try the Category dropbox, or the Search feature.   Come check it out! Happy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: DID Education, DID Healing, DID Therapy, DID Treatment Information, Discussing Dissociation, Dissociation, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Information about DID/MPD, Resources about DID

Merry Christmas – or is it Merry for Everyone?

By Kathy Broady MSW 11 Comments

  Sometimes Christmas can be a time of joyful exploring. And seeing wonderment in the bright eyes of children, and enjoying new sights and sounds. Christmas can be about playing, smiling, laughter, warmth, togetherness, creative imagination, happiness, and carefree innocence.   Maybe you know how this feels, coz sometimes Christmas isn’t so fun…   Yet..... sometimes Christmas isn't so fun...   It … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Depression, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fun!, Kathy's Video Comments, Puppies, Stories for Child Insiders Tagged With: Acts of kindness, Bring joy to your world, Bulldogs, Christmas, Christmas and holiday season, Dissociation, Do something MERRY, Grumpy cat, Happy Holiday, Helping hand, Holiday, Holiday greetings, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas Animals, Missing People, Pugs

Pie Squabbles – A Story about Internal Conflict

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Another true life animal story that inspired thoughts about living with Dissociative Identity Disorder. Can you relate to this one?   Warmly, Kathy   Copyright © 2008-2017  Kathy Broady MSW and Discussing Dissociation   Related articles Dual Mask - A Picture of Dissociative Identity Disorder  Picturing a Group of Insiders - a Dissociative System  My 100 Strengths, as Said by a Group of … [Read more...]

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Are You Having Trouble Staying Asleep?

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Sleep is one of the most highly searched topics on Discussing Dissociation. Keeping that in mind, I will write more about sleep issues soon. In the meantime, I hope this article is a good starting place.    Switching in Your Sleep -– Are you Snoozing or Secretly Awake?     Warmly, Kathy   Related articles How Dissociative Are You?  20 Types of Dissociative Splits  Picturing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder Tagged With: Conditions and Diseases, Dissociation, Dissociative Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fugue state, Health, Mental disorder, Sleep disorder, Sleeping or switching, Time Loss

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