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Videos for DID Systems and Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 1 Comment

Hey!    How are you today?  I hope you are doing well. I have something super exciting to share with you.   Through the years lots of folks have asked me to make more videos, and that has been on my 10-mile long To Do list for looooong awhile.   Videos are such a wonderful way to say things that are hard to say in writing.  There's no doubt that they are important. I'm happy to finally say I've gotten some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Featured Posts #3, Kathy's Video Comments, mental health, The Power of Music Tagged With: Alone, Are you alone, DID System Work, DID videos, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Parts, Dissociative Splitting, emotional pain, Healing music, Kathy's video comments, Loneliness, splitting, Videos for DID survivors

Losing Someone I Love from an Overdose

By Kathy Broady MSW 19 Comments

. This is a sad, sad, oh so very very sad week in my household. On Monday, we said goodbye to a very dear young man, only 27 yrs old, a young man that had been my neighbor and "second son" for many years. This young man was one of my son's best friends, my son's dearest childhood pal. "Way back when," he lived next door from us for at least five years, but he has been included as part of our extended family unit ever … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Self Injury Tagged With: emotional pain, I will always love you, Losing someone I love, Overdose, Such a tragedy, Suicidal Behavior, Suicidal Feelings, Suicide

Turning Self-Injury into Self-Soothing

By Kathy Broady MSW Leave a Comment

On those really tough days, remember that it's much better to do self-soothing than self-injuring. You've been hurt too much already. Give yourself the permission to feel better through gentle, comforting, soft experiences. Leave the violence alone. Decide to be kind to yourself and your insiders instead. How? Keep reading the article below for lots of helpful ideas. I wish you the best in your healing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Borderline Personality Disorder, Depression, DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, mental health, Self Injury, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Comforting yourself, Distress tolerance, emotional pain, Self Injury, Self soothing

The Heaviness of Darkness

By Kathy Broady MSW 20 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

I’m Not Gonna Miss You

By Kathy Broady MSW 7 Comments

  Alzheimer's takes so much away. The person you knew and loved is not there anymore. You can still see them, but it's not them. They are there, but they are gone.  They are no longer standing as who they once were. They've fallen, and become someone else. Alzheimer's is such a tragic disease. Most of us have lost loved ones to one form of disease or another.  Disease, injuries,  accidents, illnesses. All … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, mental health, Trauma Tagged With: Alzheimer's, Depersonalzation, Emotional Distance, emotional pain, Glen Campbell, Grief, I'm Not Gonna Miss You, Loss, Separation

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