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Wintertime – A Dark Night for Winter Solstice

By Kathy Broady MSW 18 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...]

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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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The Changing of the Seasons — Does This Impact You and Your System?

By Kathy Broady MSW 29 Comments

  These days mark another season change. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it will be the first day of spring. For those of us in the Southern Hemisphere, it will be the beginning of autumn.   The first day of spring, the first day of summer, the first day of autumn, and the first day of winter are all significant and difficult days for many trauma survivors with Dissociative Identity … [Read more...]

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The Layers of Halloween Weekend

By Kathy Broady MSW 48 Comments

  It’s Halloween weekend. This is a difficult, heavy weekend for a lot of dissociative trauma survivors. I’ll say right upfront – and please hear this clearly -- that it is NOT a difficult or triggery weekend for every DID trauma survivor.  To assume that every dissociative survivor has experienced the same kinds of abuse is completely wrong, and I will be the first trauma therapist to say that not everyone … [Read more...]

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