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Progress Made while Reading about DID at Discussing Dissociation

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

  Have you made any progress in your DID healing?   The information below was written by a DID survivor who has been an avid, long-term reader of this blog, Discussing Dissociation.  I did a tiny bit of editing, but not much. This DID survivor follows the principles I teach here and has been actively and diligently applying my ideas  for DID system work and DID healing in her therapy process for a few … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured post #1, Internal Communication, mental health, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: A proven path for healing, Anxiety, DID System Work, DID Therapy, DID trauma survivor, Discussing Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Expressing our feelings, Getting positive results, Healing Journey, Healing process for DID, Helping system parts, progress in healing, Saddest Little Bear Story Pack

10 Steps for Doing Healing Work with Your DID System

By Kathy Broady MSW 31 Comments

  Have you just discovered that you are multiple? Do you have new insiders surfacing and creating havoc? Is this a tough time of year for you? Are you feeling highly triggered right now? Is your system struggling, feeling dark, chaotic, and separated? Are you experiencing memories, flashbacks, nightmares, and other PTSD symptoms?   For the dissociative survivor, the process of healing from severe … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured Post, Featured post #1, Internal Communication, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Building Relationships, Creating Safety, DID healing process, DID System Work, DID Therapy, Healing from trauma, Healing Journey, Internal System Work, Memory Work, Saddest Little Bear Story Pack, Safety First, Steps for trauma healing, trauma history, Where to start for DID healing

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...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, Fun!, Internal Communication, mental health, Self Injury, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: beauty, Body Memories, caterpillars, Conflict, Darkness, DID / MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Easter, Easter Weekend, Emotional Intensity, emotional pain, fighting inside, fighting the darkness, Finding caterpillars, finding the beauty, Gentle, Headaches, Healing, Healing Journey, Heartache, holiday weekend, it's ok to know, Kathy Broady, Kindness, Leaving the Darkness, Self Injury, Soothing, Trauma memories, you are allowed now

A Story About Jasmine

By Kathy Broady MSW 13 Comments

Hi Everyone, This beautiful story was sent to me via email.  I didn’t write this story, but I thought it was so heart-warming that I would pass it along to the rest of you.  I hope you like it as much as I do. ===== In 2003, police in Warwickshire , England , opened a garden shed and found a whimpering, cowering dog.  The dog had been locked in the shed and abandoned.  It was dirty and malnourished, and had quite … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Puppies, Self Injury, Stories for Child Insiders, Supportive Spouses, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Adopting others, Appropriate mothering, Being kind to others, Caring for others, Caring for yourself, Caring for yourself and others, Comfort, Comforting, Discussing Dissociation, Dogs helping others, gentle nature, Gentle spirit, Gentleness, Greyhound dog, Healing, Healing emotional pain, Healing from Abuse, Healing Journey, How to comfort, Jasmine, Kathy Broady, Kindness, nurturing, Pets that heal, Puppy stories, Service dogs, Soothing, Stories for children, Therapy dogs, Trauma and Abuse

100,000 Thanks to You

By Kathy Broady MSW 10 Comments

Hello to all the Readers of the Discussing Dissociation Blog – Earlier this year, I set a personal goal of inviting at least 100,000 readers to this blog in one calendar year. Thanks to each of you, the Discussing Dissociation Blog has surpassed that goal!! THANK YOU!   I deeply appreciate each of you that have participated in this blog. I appreciate the colors your have brought to this blog, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Therapy, Therapy and Counseling, trauma therapist Tagged With: Appreciation, Comfort, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Disorders, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Gentleness, Gratitude, Healing Journey, Health, Honesty, I appreciate you, Kathy Broady, Kindness, Make the world a better place, mental health, Motivation, Personal Goals, Reaching Goals, Stand against violence, Supporting Others, Supportive environment, Thank you, Thanking my readers, Thanks to you, Trauma Survivors, treatment for DID, Treatment Goals for DID

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