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Denial — Does it help? Or does it hurt?

By Kathy Broady MSW 36 Comments

  To any dissociative trauma survivor weighing heavy in denial....   Denial.... SO important for your years of survival.... SO very very crucial for maintaining your education, functionality, employment...   Denial.... important, so very powerful... covers up the amnesia What time loss? Has anyone lost time?   Denial... covers up the pain covers up the horror covers up the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Trauma, trauma therapist Tagged With: Abuse, Amnesia, Amnesiac Walls, Denial, Denial helps, Denial hurts, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Healing, Healing Process, Hopelessness, Humiliating, Hurting Others, Kathy Broady, Losing Time, Lost Time, Multiplicity, pain, Survival, Survivor, System Communication, System Work, therapy, Time Loss, Trauma, Treatment for Denial

Understanding Child Parts in the Dissociative System

By Kathy Broady MSW 48 Comments

Child parts come in all shapes and sizes - small, tall, skinny, short, chunky, pristine, messy, filthy, princess-like, raggedy, male, female, quiet, noisy, screaming, crying, silent, confused, dazed, sleepy, busy, playful, happy, sad, angry, fearful, bouncing, babyish, stiff, awkward, hurting, numb. As different as they are, they all have similar qualities.   They are typically some of the oldest, most knowledgeable … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, therapy, Therapy and Counseling Tagged With: Abusive Environments, Age Progression, Child Abuse, Child Alter, Child Parts, Crisis, DID Therapy, DID/MPD, dissociative, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Splitting, Dissociative Trauma Survivor, Effects of Child Abuse, Effects of Trauma, Emotional Crisis, Frozen in Time, Healing, Internal System, Kathy Broady, Kid Part, Little Ones, Memories, Multiplicity, No Escape, Protection, sadistic, splitting, Survivor, therapy, Trauma, Trauma Memory, Trauma Survivor, treatment for DID, Treatment Goals for DID, Treatment Process, Unmet Emotional Needs, Unmet Needs

When It’s Dark and Scary on the Inside…

By Kathy Broady MSW 21 Comments

    Trauma survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder can see an internal world.  Step back, turn around an look inside - it will be there. What happens if you have looked inside and all you see is a lot of darkness, or desolation, and not so many people with welcome arms?   First of all, think about what internal darkness means to you as an individual.  There are a variety of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, mental health, therapy, Therapy and Counseling, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Abuse, Abused, Caring, Child Alter, Child Parts, Child Protection, Children, Comfort, Compassion, Dark, Darkness, Denial, Devastation, DID/MPD, dissociate, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Flood, Hurricanes, Inside parts, Insider, Internal Landscape, Internal World, Kathy Broady, Listen, Loss, Multiple Personality, Multiplicity, Neglect, Neglecting your system, Nurture, Protection, Scared, Scary, severe abuse, Severe trauma, splitting, Survivor, therapy, Tornado, Tragedy, Trauma, treatment for DID, Treatment Goal, Treatment Process, Tsunami

25 More Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm

By Kathy Broady MSW 12 Comments

.   This blog is a continuation of the initial article posted on December 31, 2008, "25 Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm." If you are feeling pressured to get past the "heat of the moment" and you need some ideas of how to do this safely, try using a handful of the following ideas.  These ideas will not help solve your self-injury issue on a long-term basis, but they could help you to get … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Self Injury, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Abuse, Abuser, Acronym, Aggressive, Anger, Assertive, Breath, Breathing, Breathing Exercises, Collage, Creative Expression, cutting, Dance, DID/MPD, dissociative, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Distraction, Draw, Eating disorder, Emotional, emotional pain, Expression, Health, Homework, Jigsaw puzzle, Kathy Broady, Letter to Abuser, mental health, Numb, Obsession, Puzzle, Relaxation, Safety, Self Destruction, Self Harm, self hate, Self Injury, self mutilation, Self-hatred, sexual abuse, Shopping, SI, Survivor, Therapeutic Homework, therapy, Therapy Homework, Trauma, treatment for DID, Video game, Voice, Voice Expression, Voice Release

Overcoming Instability Issues and Unsuccessful Memory Work

By Kathy Broady MSW 19 Comments

      Kerro commented: I have a question about stability. I accept that I need to be reliable, motivated, responsible and willing to delve into things I generally don't want to delve into. As for stability - I can see how a stable client is easier to work with for a therapist. However, what if the beginning stages of therapy have resurfaced old issues or retraumatised the client to the extent that … [Read more...]

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