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...]
SAFETY FIRST: Assessing Safety of Sexual Abuse Survivors
This SAFETY FIRST post is one of the very first posts ever written on Discussing Dissociation, and purposefully so, because of the importance of this topic. This post was recently reblogged by Trauma and Dissociation -- thank you. Having safety in your life is absolutely crucial and critical for healing for dissociative survivors, so it is good to bring this topic back up to the surface again. Be safe everyone -- … [Read more...]
25 More Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm
Let's continue with the theme from yesterday, 25 Ways to Avoid Self Injury . Here is Part 2: 25 More Ways to Avoid Self Injury and Prevent Self-Harm . This now totals 50 ideas for distraction techniques that can be very helpful when you are battling self-injury. Which ideas work best for you? How long can you stretch time out between self-harming episodes? If you have Dissociative … [Read more...]
Is THIS Abuse? Yes or No?
Many times I get asked what abuse is. I understand this question, and the need for that question because many of the dissociative survivors who I speak with grew up in such chronically abusive homes that abuse was normal. Normal is just normal to them. What I would define as abuse was their norm, their everyday, their usual, their expected. And once abuse is “just how it is”, it becomes tricky and confusing to … [Read more...]
Three Difficult Scenarios involving Fathers
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...]
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