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Hopelessness and Despair

By Kathy Broady MSW 43 Comments

  Some days just feel too hard. Those days feel like you just can’t make it through… Those are the days when you wish you could curl up in a ball, and sleep or stare all day long… Or hide away forever…     Ever had a day like that? Ever felt like your problems were just toooooo big? Or tooooo never-ending?  Or tooooo all-encompassing? Ever felt overwhelmed with hopelessness? Or … [Read more...]

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Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder, part 1

By Kathy Broady MSW

  So you're depressed, and you're DID.  That feels like a double whammy already, so what do you do now? Depression and DID go hand in hand for many trauma survivors.  They are not the same diagnosis, but can be closely knitted together. When you are DID, you might have some parts that are depressed, while simultaneously having other parts that are not depressed.  Dissociative walls and amnesiac barriers can … [Read more...]

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Denial — Does it help? Or does it hurt?

By Kathy Broady MSW 54 Comments

  To any dissociative trauma survivor weighing heavy in denial....   Denial.... SO important for your years of survival.... SO very very crucial for maintaining your education, functionality, employment...   Denial.... important, so very powerful... covers up the amnesia What time loss? Has anyone lost time?   Denial... covers up the pain covers up the horror covers up the … [Read more...]

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