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How is This Blog about Dissociative Identity Disorder Working for You?

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

    Hi, hi hi -- how are you today?   I'm feeling a bit silly, as you can see in the picture, and I'm trying out something new today. I've made a new little contact form with a few questions, and I'd like to use that, so I can hear more from you!   You don't have to use this form, but hey -- I'm proud of it, so I'm putting it right here at the top of the page.  :)      How is this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Friends of Multiples, mental health, Online Therapy, Physical Abuse, sexual abuse, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: DID / MPD, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Trauma Survivors, Kathy Broady MSW, multiple personality disorder, Online resources for DID, treatment resources, What do you think?

Remembering Favorite Memories instead of Re-living Bad Memories

By Kathy Broady MSW 13 Comments

  During trauma recovery and the road to healing for dissociative trauma survivors, there is so very much focus on bad memories, abuse memories, body memories, painful memories, icky memories, difficult memories, vacant memories, your memories, their memories, nobody claims them memories.... Of course, this memory work is part of healing, and resolving the conflicts and heartbreak as much as possible is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Featured Middle #2, Fun!, mental health, Puppies, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Bad memories, Body Memories, Dissociative Trauma Survivors, End of the year, Memory Work, Newborn babies, Positive memories, PTSD, Remembering the good things, What made you smile?, Wild peacocks

The Heaviness of Darkness

By Kathy Broady MSW 26 Comments

  When darkness sits on people, it can really sit on them. And squish them down. And remove all joy, love, beauty from their lives. Or for those with Dissociative Identity Disorder, the dark side of the system can completely flip over the top, dominating the other sides of the system.  The dark ones are in control. DID survivors, split and torn by years of traumatic darkness, pain, and heartbreak. When … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fear, Trauma Tagged With: Darkness, Despair, Dissociative Trauma Survivors, emotional pain, Feeling hurt, Healing from darkness

Easter Weekend: Sorting through the Layers Within

By Kathy Broady MSW Leave a Comment

Hello everyone, Maybe some of you are triggered by finding Easter eggs. Here is an Easter related post, but we are looking for caterpillars instead. Do your little ones see the funny caterpillars??  How many do you see? Have fun when you can. :) Warmly, Kathy PS.In case your older ones feel forgotten, be sure to show them the blog for older insiders is linked below the caterpillar picture.  :)   Copyright … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fun! Tagged With: caterpillars, DID Healing, Discussing Dissociation, Dissociative Trauma Survivors, Easter Weekend, Finding caterpillars, Kathy Broady

What Happens to the Light?

By Kathy Broady MSW 29 Comments

It's Winter Solstice week -- time that is often difficult for far too many dissociative trauma survivors. It's a time where days are short, and nights are long. Far too long. It's a day where light feels complicated. Fractured. Broken. Dark. I haven't forgotten. I know that many of you are hurting and remembering intense hurts right now. This year, I wanted to write something not as heavy, but still acknowledging … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, Child Alters, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, Mind Control, Physical Abuse, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: 21 December, Broken, December 21, DID / MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Trauma Survivors, Kathy Broady, Light, RA, Ritual Abuse, SRA, Summer Solstice, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, Winter Solstice

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