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Hopelessness and Despair

By Kathy Broady MSW 37 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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Internal Communication – The Core of Treatment for Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Kathy Broady MSW 52 Comments

I ended my last post with these words:   Focus first on relationship building with your parts.  Get to know them.  Talk to them.  Learn their names.  Overcome your fears of who they are.  Appreciate their strengths.  Develop friendships with them.  I guarantee that your overall stability will greatly improve as you are more connected with your internal system on a genuinely friendly, caring … [Read more...]

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Being Kind to Your Internal System

By Kathy Broady MSW 41 Comments

  Hey hello -  How are you today? Thanks for coming back and reading more of the Discussing Dissociation blog.  It's exciting to see the number of site viewers growing each week - I think you all must be spreading the news!  I appreciate all of you who have already become regular readers, and thanks for telling your friends. As a follow-up to yesterday's post about giving- making- creating- providing new and … [Read more...]

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10 Qualities Therapists Recognize in Good Clients, part 2

By Kathy Broady MSW 11 Comments

Hello, I hope this day finds you doing well. The first part of this article certainly caused a little stir, and maybe raised a few eyebrows along the way.  Please know, my intention in posting these blogs is not to offend anyone.  If you have any questions or concerns about anything I've posted, please comment and let me know what you're thinking!  And here's a big Thank You! to the folks who did comment to the … [Read more...]

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