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Extinguishing Fear by Relaxing the Body

By Kathy Broady MSW 40 Comments

  This photo was created by Grace Ciszkowski from Celebrating Freedom. Grace survived the horrors of being kidnapped by a serial rapist / murderer.  You can read more about her incredible life journey at her FaceBook page, CelebratinFreedom.     A Helpful Reminder While Recovering from Trauma: Extinguish fear by relaxing your body. The brain cannot produce fear while the body is … [Read more...]

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Switching in Your Sleep -– Are you Snoozing or Secretly Awake?

By Kathy Broady MSW 78 Comments

  In situations where dissociative survivors feel like they don’t lose time, it can be helpful to ask a lot of questions about how they experience life, time, recall, etc.  There are a wide variety of reasons why systems get so tightly shut down from switching, (or from the appearance of switching), so it really depends on what else is going on.  There could be other ways that the insiders are coming out, and for … [Read more...]

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Remembering Annemaria

By Kathy Broady MSW 57 Comments

  There is a young woman who will always be precious to me.  I haven’t spoken to her in years, but she forever changed my life.   Just in being herself, Annemaria gave me my very first introduction to Dissociative Disorders.  She changed my life.  Absolutely and completely. This date – October 23rd --  had specific meaning for her. And every year on this date, I specifically think of her. The story … [Read more...]

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50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Kathy Broady MSW 83 Comments

  "I have DID.  How long will it take for someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder to feel better?"   As a clinical therapist, I hear that question frequently.  It's a reasonable question.  I certainly understand that when dissociative trauma survivors are deeply hurting and struggling in their life, they want to feel better as quickly as possible. However, the clinical treatment for someone with Dissociative … [Read more...]

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