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Not Listening to Abusive Teachings

By Kathy Broady MSW 14 Comments

  Hello today!   I've got some quotes to share with you today -- quotes are massively powerful in their simplicity. Words that could impact your healing. Think of how they can apply to the healing process of a dissociative trauma survivor ---  a survivor of any kind of abuse..... Child abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, domestic violence, ritual abuse, mind control. I know and I know and I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Domestic Violence, emotional pain, Internal Communication, mental health, Mind Control, Physical Abuse, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Ritual Abuse, Self Injury, sexual abuse, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Busting the programming, Domestic Violence, Internal Communication, Leaving abusers, Mind Control, Positive self talk, Self Esteem, Self-Worth, Verbal abuse, Zig Ziglar

The Therapeutic Value of Play vs. Play Deprivation

By Kathy Broady MSW 16 Comments

  Do you have DID kids or DID teenagers or DID adults who have difficulty in knowing how to play? Do you have insiders who are violent or mean to others?   We all know that exposure to violence and trauma adds to these problems, but it can be more than just that.  Children who are repeated neglected and abused typically do not have enough fun and playtime in their everyday life. Instead of having a great time … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fun!, Internal Communication, mental health, Stories for Child Insiders, Supportive Spouses, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Children, Children Youth and Family, Coping (psychology), DID kids, Disorders, Dissociation, Dissociative Child parts, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Emotion, Health, Kathy, Kathy Broady, mental health, Psychological trauma, Self Esteem, Social skills, therapy, Trauma, Violence, Violence and Abuse

Three Difficult Scenarios involving Fathers

By Kathy Broady MSW 82 Comments

  It’s Father’s Day.  Father's Day is all about those endearing, positive, caring fathers.  But what about the abusive fathers? Fathers.  Yep, fathers are as difficult a topic for dissociative trauma survivors as mothers. Fathers often are heavily involved in the trauma history for dissociative survivors.  Most DID survivors I know have far too many painful memories involving their fathers.   I decided I … [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

50 Benefits of Having a Therapist for Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 33 Comments

  There have been some interesting discussions and comments from various trauma survivors about how much their therapists have meant to them.  These readers have shared some very tender moments with their therapists and have talked openly about the depths of their heart-warming connections and healing moments. Clearly, these survivors have found their therapists to be important and significant people in their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, trauma therapist Tagged With: Bad therapists, Benefits of Therapy, Boundaries, Compassion, DID Survivors, DID Therapy, DID/MPD, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Healers, Healing, Healing Process, Healthy Boundaries, Kathy Broady, Listening, Self Esteem, Self Injury, Self-Expression, Self-Worth, therapy, Trauma, Trauma Survivors, trauma therapist, Trauma Therapy

Abandonment — A Painful, Tender Hurt for Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 68 Comments

  Abandonment is such a tender issue for trauma survivors.  Most survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID/MPD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have had more than their fair share of genuine abandonment instances. For severe trauma survivors, abandonment would have been experienced over and over in various situations: Each time your parents or caregivers turned a blind eye to the sexual abuse … [Read more...]

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