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This is Easter Weekend – Please Stay Safe

By Kathy Broady MSW Leave a Comment

Hello, It's a difficult ritual holiday weekend again, and I want you to know I am thinking of you. Please stay safe. Warmly, Kathy   CLICK on this article for more information: 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.   Copyright © 2008-2018 Kathy Broady MSW and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, Mind Control, Physical Abuse, Ritual Abuse, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: DID Healing, Difficulties at Easter, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Don't believe lies, Easter eggs, Easter treats, Easter Weekend, Healing from Ritual Abuse, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, Stay safe from violence, Staying safe

Do You Need Faith to Overcome the Effects of Trauma?

By Kathy Broady MSW 16 Comments

Hello, hello...   I'm so sorry you're hurting today. I wrote the original blog article about faith years ago.   However, anytime I think of the hope and encouragement I want to pass on to those who struggle with fears about Halloween, or the ritualized darkness surrounding the Easter week, I think of this post.   Hold tight to your faith -- your strength, and your healing, and your connection to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, Ritual Abuse, Trauma Tagged With: connection to light, Faith, hold tight, Ritual Abuse, your faith is strong

Can the Horrors of Halloween Drain Away, Leaving Room for Fun?

By Kathy Broady MSW 21 Comments

For most dissociative trauma survivors, Halloween is a difficult time. Halloween is an expansion filled with horrific memories, vivid flashbacks, overwhelming darkness, and uncomforted fear. Internal systems flip and change, with those typically lodged in the back finding their way to the front, making the usual everyday feel completely different from before. Working with these dark parts is essential for healing. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, Fun!, Internal Communication, Ritual Abuse, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Children and Youth, Corrective Emotional Experience, Darkness, DID / MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fear, from pain to gain, Fun, Halloween, Healing, Healing trauma memories, Holidays, Jack-o'-lantern, Kathy Broady, pain, Pumpkin crafts, Pumpkins, resolving trauma, Ritual Abuse, Safety First, Trauma, Trauma Survivors

What Happens to the Light?

By Kathy Broady MSW 29 Comments

It's Winter Solstice week -- time that is often difficult for far too many dissociative trauma survivors. It's a time where days are short, and nights are long. Far too long. It's a day where light feels complicated. Fractured. Broken. Dark. I haven't forgotten. I know that many of you are hurting and remembering intense hurts right now. This year, I wanted to write something not as heavy, but still acknowledging … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Artwork, Child Alters, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear, Mind Control, Physical Abuse, Ritual Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: 21 December, Broken, December 21, DID / MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Trauma Survivors, Kathy Broady, Light, RA, Ritual Abuse, SRA, Summer Solstice, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, Winter Solstice

Wintertime – A Dark Night for Winter Solstice

By Kathy Broady MSW 17 Comments

  Well…. it’s December 21st in the northern hemisphere.  Making today the Winter Solstice. In the southern hemisphere, like in Australia, this is the Summer Solstice. I originally wrote this article when I lived in Dallas.   The weather in Dallas was nearly 80 degrees Fahrenheit that day, making for a very warm day even though it is considered to be the official first day of winter.  It’s the Winter Solstice and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, DID/MPD, emotional pain, Fear, Mind Control, Ritual Abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Compassion, Current-day Safety, Darkness, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Dissociative Survivors, emotional pain, Empathy, Freedom, Full Moon, Healing from Ritual Abuse, Kathy Broady, Longest Night of the Year, Lunar Eclipse, Moon, Picturing Dissociative Identity Disorder, RA, Ritual Abuse, Ritually Abused, Sadness, Safety, Safety from Abuse, Safety from Perpetrators, Season Change, Shortest Day of the Year, Spiritually Abused, The Dark Day, Trauma Survivors, Winter Solstice

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