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What’s New for You? 8 More resources for Dissociative Trauma Survivors!

By Kathy Broady MSW 6 Comments

Starting a new year.

  Hello hello!  Happy New Year! Wowzers --- it's already the end of one decade, and the start of a new decade.  That's okay, because I have a lot of good news to tell you about what's gonna be here in this New Year at Discussing Dissociation.  We are in our 11th year, and our DD Community is continually growing, and expanding to include new people, with new needs, new questions, new concerns.  I have 8 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Bears of Hiddenton Point, DID Education, DID Forum Support, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Featured post #1, Kathy's Video Comments, Puppies, Supportive Spouses, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: DID Community, DID Email Consultation, DID Forum, DID Phone Consultations, DID resources, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Happy New Year 2020, Healing Resources, Partners of Trauma Survivors, Silver kelpies, Supportive Spouses

5 Kinds of Emotional Support Needed by Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 39 Comments

Emotional support is definitely needed by dissociative trauma survivors. So..... what is emotional support? I often get emails and questions from friends – partners – spouses of dissociative trauma survivors.  These loved ones are often unsure about how to best support their partner amidst all the darkness.  These are the partners who care.  But they don’t know what to do.  They don’t know how to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID Forum Support, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Featured Posts #4, Friends of Multiples, Supportive Spouses Tagged With: Building Relationships, Compassion, consistency, DID friendship, DID support people, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Having fun together, learn about Dissociative Disorders, Open mindedness, Sense of humor, Supportive Spouses, Willing to learn

Do’s and Don’ts for Singleton Friends of Multiples

By Kathy Broady MSW 64 Comments

    I am not sure who wrote the following list of “Do’s and Don’ts for Singleton Friends of Multiples”.  This list was e-mailed to me years ago by a person with Dissociative Identity Disorder, saying this list was comprised by an anonymous group* of multiples.   I am sure that there could be many other suggestions added to the list, but for today, I will post it in exactly the same format as I received … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Friends of Multiples, Supportive Spouses Tagged With: Abuse, Boundaries, Child Alter, Child Parts, Crisis, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Emotional Crisis, How to be friends with a multiple, Kathy Broady, Listen, mental health, Multiples, Multiplicity, Safe Touch, Safety, Singleton Friends, split personality, Spouses of DID survivors, Support for DID, Support for trauma survivors, Support Team, Supportive Family Members, Supportive Friends, Supportive Spouses, Trauma, Trauma Survivors

DID Trauma Survivors and Getting Support from Other People – or not?

By Kathy Broady MSW 25 Comments

  Dissociative trauma survivors need emotional support. However, this can be difficult to achieve. As the show, "United States of Tara" is gradually starting to demonstrate, survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder have friends and family members that offer varying levels of support: Those that find dissociative trauma survivors to be really good, kind, decent, and wonderful people, and will stand by them … [Read more...]

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