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Easter Weekend: Sorting through the Layers Within

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

  Hello hello, It's the Easter weekend -- a complicated and conflictual weekend for most dissociative trauma survivors. So many layers of your inside levels will be awakened, aware, involved, wondering, waiting, going, sitting, thinking, watching, feeling, remembering, refusing, believing, fighting, crying, calling, hiding, etc. It's a time of being pulled in dozens of different directions all at once. Lots … [Read more...]

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Doubly Difficult Days for DID Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 28 Comments

  This weekend is often a difficult weekend for trauma survivors with dissociative identity disorder.  First, there is Father’s Day (for those of us living in the USA), and secondly, it’s the Summer Solstice.  Anytime the difficult days get stacked on top of each other, it’s going to make for a complicated time.   On days when the issues seem to surface in layers, what do you do to cope? **This blog article is … [Read more...]

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Long-term Costs Severe Child Abuse

By Kathy Broady MSW 14 Comments

  Long-term, chronic, and severe child abuse causes a variety of medical and emotional issues for the survivors of such extensive abuse.  Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID/MPD) is one long-term issue, but medical complications are extremely common as well. In addition to addiction issues and mental health issues, most survivors find that they have numerous medical issues as either a direct or indirect result of … [Read more...]

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Difficult Holiday Times

By Kathy Broady MSW 26 Comments

  For many dissociative trauma survivors, various holidays and times of year are more difficult than other days.  Some survivors may know they typically have a difficult time at the change of seasons, or when Easter-time comes, for example, but they may not have the memories or internal information to understand why they consistently have a difficult time at that time of year. Are you struggling more now … [Read more...]

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