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Do Dissociative Trauma Survivors Actually Lose Time?

By Kathy Broady MSW 54 Comments

One of the diagnostic criteria for Dissociative Identity Disorder is experiencing amnesia or lost time.  While losing time may seem like an obvious hole in your every day life, it really might not be as obvious as it seems it could be. For dissociative trauma survivors, the sliding of time is a normal everyday way of life.  It just is how it is, and time feels very different for DID survivors than it does for other … [Read more...]

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This is Easter Weekend

By Kathy Broady MSW 39 Comments

    Hi, This is Easter weekend. For DID trauma survivors with a ritual abuse (RA) background, this is a very difficult weekend, full of difficult memories, painful emotions, and system conflicts.   *** I’m going to speak of some of the horrors of ritual abuse – here is your trigger warning – for those of you that need one of those. ***   With ritual abuse, anything that represented something … [Read more...]

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Dual Mask – A Picture of Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Kathy Broady MSW 15 Comments

Here is the next picture in the series about DID artwork.     Dual Mask Even the title of this painting indicates Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID / MPD). Masks are a common metaphor used by the dissociative survivor.  In this picture, where are the masks?  What are the masks covering?  What does the “real” person, or the rest of the person look like?  Where are the others in the system?  Are they … [Read more...]

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Picturing Parts of a Dissociative System

By Kathy Broady MSW 3 Comments

Hello, This artwork series about Dissociative Identity Disorder has proven to be one of the most popular topics here at the Discussing Dissociation blog.  Web statistics have shown several record setting “highest views” during this DID Artwork series.  That’s amazing!  I guess it’s pretty safe to assume the readers here are interested in these topics.  That’s great!  I’m very happy to carry on with these ideas … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Internal Communication, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: Artwork, Crying, Denial, Denial Parts, DID / MPD, DID Artwork, DID Drawings, DID Education, DID Survivors, DID System Work, Dissociation, dissociative, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Drawing, emotional pain, Health, Host Alters, Host Part, Insiders, Internal Communication, Internal System Work, Internal Systems, Kathy Broady, mental health, Multiplicity, No-talk rules, Pictures of DID, Picturing Dissociation, Picturing Dissociative Identity Disorder, Ponytail, Question, System Work, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, trauma therapist

Pictures of DID – “How I View My Head”

By Kathy Broady MSW Leave a Comment

Here is yet another unique view of Dissociative Identity Disorder.   “How I View My Head” Isn’t this an interesting picture! It almost looks three-dimensional.  Very cool! Once again, please remember, I’ll be writing out some of my thoughts without having conversations with the artist.  I am presenting these thoughts for educational purposes only, and my guesses or impressions could be wrong.  If I … [Read more...]

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