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Three Difficult Scenarios involving Father

By Kathy Broady MSW 78 Comments

It’s Father’s Day. Fathers.  Fathers are as difficult a topic for dissociative trauma survivors as mothers. I decided I would recognize this day by writing briefly about a few of the common but complicated topics connected to fathers. I can feel the shuddering going on already. How difficult are these situations for you?   A.  Saying no to your father     According to childhood rules, it’s really not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fear, Physical Abuse, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Abandonment, Abuse, Addictions, Anger, Anxiety, Body Memories, Child Abuse, Childhood rules, Depression, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family rules, Father Issues, Fathers, Fathers as Perpetrators, Fathers that abandon their children, Fathers who are abusive, Fear, Flashbacks, Happy Father's Day, Healing, Internal Systems, Kathy Broady, Making your own decisions, Painful, Perpetrators, Physical Abuse, Saying No, Self Destruction, Self Esteem, sexual abuse, splitting, Splitting Process, Trauma Survivors

I Just don’t Understand Perpetrators!

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

*** This is a difficult post and it is meant for your older parts.  Please note -- it could be triggering to many within your system.  Please check this article with your internal leaders before letting your littles or sensitive ones read any further.  Thanks, Kathy. ***   Recently, I witnessed a fight between some wild animals that was particularly upsetting to see.  There is no need to go into great detail about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID/MPD, Domestic Violence, Maggies, Mind Control, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Attacks of Violence, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Groups of Perpetrators, Kathy Broady, Mother Nature, Perpetrators, Protection of others, Sadistic Abuse, Sadistic criminals, Understanding perpetrators, Victimization by Perpetration, Victimized, Victims of Abuse

Doubly Difficult Days for DID Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 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...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Introjects, Ritual Abuse, Self Injury, sexual abuse, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Transference Issues, Trauma Tagged With: Anxiety, Body Memories, Chest Pain, Dallas Therapist, Depersonalization, Depression, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Survivor, emotional pain, Family Conflict, Father Introjects, Father Issues, Fear, Headaches, Healing, Healing Process, Internal Conflict, Irritability, Kathy Broady, Loyalty, Male Therapist, night church, Nightmares, Obsessions, Panic Attacks, Paternal Abuse, Perpetrators, PTSD, RA, Ritual Abuse, Season changes, Self Destruction, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Sexual Perpetrators, Sexually Abused Child, Sexually Abused Children, SI, Summer Solstice, Switching, Therapy Process, Therapy Process for DID, Trauma, Trauma Bonds, Trauma memories, Trauma survviors, trauma therapist, Treatment Goals for DID, Trembling, Triggers

Externalizing Responsibility vs. Internalizing Responsibility

By Kathy Broady MSW 19 Comments

  Externalizing Responsibility What an interesting phrase. Externalizing responsibility is when someone fails to accept personal responsibility for the messes they make or for the problems they cause.  It is also failing to accept personal responsibility for the situations they find themselves in. Internalizing responsibility is personally taking on the responsibility for what happens (in the past, present, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Borderline Personality Disorder, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Abuse, Accepting Responsibility, Blaming, Child Abuse, Child victims, Current Day Abuse, Date Rape, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Displacing Blame, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, DV, Externalizing Responsibility, Freedom to think, Internalizing Responsibility, Kathy Broady, Offender Behavior, Ongoing Abuse, Perpetrators, Personal Responsibility, PTSD, Rape, Responsibility, Safety, Sex Slave Industry, Sexual Assault, Survivors, Thinking, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, Trauma Therapy, traumatic stress, Victim role, Victim Thinking, Victimization, Victims

Attachment to the Perpetrator

By Kathy Broady MSW 31 Comments

  Recently, I saw another television documentary on Jaycee Lee Dugard - the young woman who was kidnapped at age 11, held captive for 18 years, and found alive, along with her two daughters on August 26, 2009. Jaycee is now about 40 years old. Jaycee spent 18 years held captive in the backyard of a registered, violent sex offender, Phillip Garrido.  Garrido fathered Jaycee's two daughters, and has been … [Read more...]

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