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Inspiration for DID Trauma Survivors from the Students of Stoneman Douglas High School

By Kathy Broady MSW 13 Comments

    Inspiration. Such amazing strength of spirit. Words of such encouragement - resilience - inspiration - hope - written even in despair By two young, heartbroken, high school students who survived a deadly horrific trauma.   Surprised and terrified by a horrible act of fatal violence in their very own school. Needing to express their overwhelming feelings, two of the drama students wrote this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, DID Education, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Fear, Featured post #1, The Power of Music, Therapy Homework Ideas, Trauma Tagged With: Andrea Peña, Comfort, Courage, Fear and terror, Healing music, Inspiration, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, PTSD, Sawyer Garrity, Shine, Survivors of a school shooting, Trauma Survivors

If You Could Ask a Sex Offender a Question…

By Kathy Broady MSW 40 Comments

Hello, hello -- I have a question for YOU today.       If you could ask a sex offender a question -- any question -- what would you ask them?   I have had the privilege of interviewing an experienced sex offender therapist.   I asked this person all kinds of questions, and I wanted to also get some good ideas from you all.  I won't be speaking with any sex offenders directly -- just with a mental … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Prevention of Sexual Abuse, sexual abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Interview Question, Sex Offenders, Trauma Survivors

My 100 Strengths, as Said by a Group of Dissociative Trauma Survivors, Part 3

By Kathy Broady MSW 6 Comments

  Thank you for reading through this series -- I hope it has given you something to think about in terms of your own strengths and abilities.  This post lists the final column of the 1994 Many Voices publication from one of my outpatient group exercises based on Kathleen Adams MA book, Journal To the Self. The group was clearly getting more comfortable with sharing their answers, and as you will see, there are a … [Read more...]

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My 100 Strengths, as Said by a Group of Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 33 Comments

  Hello hello! The other day I was digging around looking and looking and looking for that one thing that I put somewhere where I would never lose it. And yes, of course, I simply could not remember where that particularly important never-to-be-forgotten filing place was, argh!   :roll:  But there is a silver lining to this story.  In searching and searching and searching, I found several other treasures I hadn't … [Read more...]

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Can the Horrors of Halloween Drain Away, Leaving Room for Fun?

By Kathy Broady MSW 22 Comments

For most dissociative trauma survivors, Halloween is a difficult time. Halloween is an expansion filled with horrific memories, vivid flashbacks, overwhelming darkness, and uncomforted fear. Internal systems flip and change, with those typically lodged in the back finding their way to the front, making the usual everyday feel completely different from before. Working with these dark parts is essential for healing. … [Read more...]

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