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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

How’s Your Journey Going?

By Kathy Broady MSW 24 Comments

  Hello, hello hello.   How is your journey going? I'm trying something new: making a post from a new device. Please overlook any weirdness while I learn this new skill. :) So how is your journey going?   Let me tell you a story about mine. I've posted a picture of a walking path I've been using lately.  Beautiful,  hey? It's truly incredible to see, so green and lush, vivid intricate beauty in every … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fun!, mental health, Stories for Child Insiders, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: @DisccussingDID, Accepting Yourself, Adventure walks, alone time, Appreciation, Being alone, bird stories, Breathing, Caring for yourself, Companion Animals, Connection to the Body, creative stories, DID / MPD, DID Healing, DID Treatment Goals, Discussing Dissociation, Dissociation Identity Disorder, dissociative, Dogs, falling, getting up, rainforest, running, Walking

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...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Internal Communication, Maggies, Stories for Child Insiders Tagged With: Disorders, Dissociation, dissociative, Dissociative Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Health, mental health

Why Can’t I Stop Hurting Myself? 12 Thoughts about That

By Kathy Broady MSW 36 Comments

    So why is it so hard to stop self-injury? I mean, there are pages and pages of good distraction techniques out there in the world. Fifty really good ideas were mentioned in previous blog posts. Shouldn't that be enough to make it stop? For many people, it is not. Why is it so very very difficult to change self-destructive behavior? Why do people hurt themselves? "Why can't I stop hurting myself?" I've been … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, Internal Communication, Introjects, mental health, Mind Control, Self Injury, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Anger, Behavior, Dissociation, dissociative, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Emotion, Emotional Expression, Health, Hurting myself, Injury, Kathy, Kathy Broady, Learning, mental health, pain, Punishment, Self Harm, Self Injury, Self-destructive, self-destructive behaviors, Self-destructive behaviour, SI, Youth

25 More Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm

By Kathy Broady MSW Leave a Comment

  Let's continue with the theme from yesterday,  25 Ways to Avoid Self Injury .   Here is Part 2:  25 More Ways to Avoid Self Injury and Prevent Self-Harm .   This now totals 50  ideas for distraction techniques that can be very helpful when you are battling self-injury.   Which ideas work best for you? How long can you stretch time out between self-harming episodes? If you have Dissociative … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, mental health, Self Injury, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Disorders, Dissociation, dissociative, Dissociative Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder, distraction techniques, Health, Kathy, mental health, pain, prevent self-harm, Self Destructive Behavior, Self Harm, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Trauma (medicine)

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