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The Dangers of Losing Time

By Kathy Broady MSW 34 Comments

  Quick Thought to Consider: I had a conversation this week that reminded me of a very important "thinking spot" for trauma survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder.   Which is worse -- being multiple?  Or being dissociative?   With multiplicity, you are leading a life combined with lots of others inside, making everything a plural existence. Being dissociative -- in the way that I am … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fear, Internal Communication, Kathy's Video Comments Tagged With: Amnesia, Amnesiac Walls, Did you see that?, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative switching, Dissociative Walls, Internal Communication, Multiplicity, Secrets, Suicidal Behavior, Switching in your sleep, Time Loss, what just happened?

Losing Someone I Love from an Overdose

By Kathy Broady MSW 19 Comments

. This is a sad, sad, oh so very very sad week in my household. On Monday, we said goodbye to a very dear young man, only 27 yrs old, a young man that had been my neighbor and "second son" for many years. This young man was one of my son's best friends, my son's dearest childhood pal. "Way back when," he lived next door from us for at least five years, but he has been included as part of our extended family unit ever … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Self Injury Tagged With: emotional pain, I will always love you, Losing someone I love, Overdose, Such a tragedy, Suicidal Behavior, Suicidal Feelings, Suicide

Encouragement on a Difficult Day

By Kathy Broady MSW 47 Comments

    Hello, hello.... How are you?   Are you struggling today? I've been thinking about you, and have some kind thoughts to pass your way.   To those of you who have been having a very difficult day today – I am sorry that you are hurting so much. I can hear the wrestling with some difficult emotions, and painful options, and the pulls toward self-harm. Please know that you can fight … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Featured Post #3.2, Mind Control, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, Ritual Abuse, Self Injury, Therapy and Counseling, Trauma Tagged With: Break their Control, Breaking the Rule, DID Survivor, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Kathy Broady, Mind Control, Programming, Protection, Safe people, Safety, Safety First, Self Destruction, Self Harm, Self Injury, self-destructive behaviors, Self-protection, SI, Suicidal Behavior, Suicidal Programming, Suicidal Thoughts, Suicide, Suicide Programming, thinking about suicide, Trauma Survivor

Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder, part 1

By Kathy Broady MSW

  So you're depressed, and you're DID.  That feels like a double whammy already, so what do you do now? Depression and DID go hand in hand for many trauma survivors.  They are not the same diagnosis, but can be closely knitted together. When you are DID, you might have some parts that are depressed, while simultaneously having other parts that are not depressed.  Dissociative walls and amnesiac barriers can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Internal Communication, Self Injury, therapy, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Abuse, Anger, Anger Turned Inwards, Chronic Depression, Depression, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Walls, Double Binds, emotional pain, Feeling Depressed, Feeling stuck, Feeling Trapped, Frozen Inside, Hopeless, Hopelessness, Internal Communication, Internal System, MDD, Safety, Self Injury, SI, Stuck Inside, Suicidal, Suicidal Behavior, Suicidal Feelings, Suicidal Ideation, Tasks for Treating Depression, Tips for Helping Depression, Trauma Survivors, Trauma Therapy, Treating Depression, Treatment Goals, Treatment Goals for DID

20 Signs of Unresolved Trauma

By Kathy Broady MSW 241 Comments

    Many people enter the therapy process with minimal awareness of their trauma history.  When the trauma survivors are dissociative, they have the ability to block out an awareness of their trauma.  They may know that their family had problems, or that their family was dysfunctional, etc, but they may believe they were never abused. However, blocking out conscious awareness of trauma does not mean … [Read more...]

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