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Happy New Year!

By Kathy Broady MSW 7 Comments

Happy New Year!!   Hello, hello! How was this past year?  Was it a good year for you?  Was it a rough year for you?  Hmmmm….  Do you remember what kind of year it was for you?  Teasing.  :)   That was a silly little joke for dissociative people,   :lol: .   Everyone, quick – check inside.  Do they know how your year was?   All kidding aside....   If you are unsure or blank, try asking your inside … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Internal Communication, Puppies, therapy, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Amnesia, Bulldog puppies, DID / MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Dissociative Survivors, Emma the pug, Happy New Year, Insiders, Internal Communication, Kathy Broady, Lost Time, Olde English Bulldog, Oliver the pug, Overcoming amnesia, Pitbull Puppies, Pugs, Silly pugs, Talking Inside, Talking to your insiders, Trauma Survivors

Wintertime – A Dark Night for Winter Solstice

By Kathy Broady MSW 17 Comments

  Well…. it’s December 21st in the northern hemisphere.  Making today the Winter Solstice. In the southern hemisphere, like in Australia, this is the Summer Solstice. I originally wrote this article when I lived in Dallas.   The weather in Dallas was nearly 80 degrees Fahrenheit that day, making for a very warm day even though it is considered to be the official first day of winter.  It’s the Winter Solstice and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Anxiety, Depression, DID/MPD, emotional pain, Fear, Mind Control, Ritual Abuse, Trauma Tagged With: Compassion, Current-day Safety, Darkness, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Dissociative Survivors, emotional pain, Empathy, Freedom, Full Moon, Healing from Ritual Abuse, Kathy Broady, Longest Night of the Year, Lunar Eclipse, Moon, Picturing Dissociative Identity Disorder, RA, Ritual Abuse, Ritually Abused, Sadness, Safety, Safety from Abuse, Safety from Perpetrators, Season Change, Shortest Day of the Year, Spiritually Abused, The Dark Day, Trauma Survivors, Winter Solstice

Are Newborn Babies Born with Innocence and Purity? How about You?

By Kathy Broady MSW 30 Comments

You probably thought I was going to talk about kids, or children, or babies. And I might. But first, what about newborn puppies? This post is partly for fun -- because you know I just can’t resist sharing more pictures of my puppies ! But to be fair, I do have a few thoughts related to trauma issues when I look at these pictures.  I am starting to think that I might just have to make a “puppy series”.  :) First, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Puppies, Therapy Homework Ideas, Transference Issues Tagged With: Blaming children, Bulldog puppies, Child Parts, Children are innocent, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Externalizing Blame, Externalizing Responsibility, Good vs. bad, I am bad, Innocence, Kathy Broady, Multiplicity, Newborn babies, Newborn puppies, Olde English Bulldog, Olde English Bulldogge, Projection, Projection of blame, Puppies, Purity, Transference, Trauma Survivors, Working with child parts, You are not bad

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie – or not?!

By Kathy Broady MSW 18 Comments

Let sleeping dogs lie…. We’ve all heard the phrase said over and over.   It means to leave something the way it is because disturbing it would cause more trouble or additional complications.  Fine, fine, fine.  Maybe for today, I’ll not address the troublemakers in life.  Heaven knows, I’ve run into more than enough of my fair share of dogs that lie….  But ok, I’ll respect the wisdom of the phrase and for now, I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Child Alters, Depression, DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fun!, Puppies, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Abuse, AbuseConsultants.com, Alone, Anxiety, Anxious, Baby puppies, Betrayal, Comfort, Companion Animals, Companionship, Depression, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Dissociative Identity Disorder, emotional pain, Fear of People, Feeling Isolated, Getting enough exercise, Grounding Techniques, Heartbroken, High blood pressure, Hurting, Kathy Broady, loyal companions, man's best friend, Neglected, Neglected Children, Olde English Bulldog, Olde English Bulldogge, Pitbull, Positive self-care, Puppies, Puppies five days old, Puppies one day old, Reducing Stress, Self Care, Sleeping, Social Anxiety, Staying Grounded, Stressed, Stressed out, Suicidal Ideation, Suicidal Thinking, Taking good care of yourself, Therapeutic Service Dogs, Time Distortion, Trauma Survivors, Ways to reduce stress

100,000 Thanks to You

By Kathy Broady MSW 10 Comments

Hello to all the Readers of the Discussing Dissociation Blog – Earlier this year, I set a personal goal of inviting at least 100,000 readers to this blog in one calendar year. Thanks to each of you, the Discussing Dissociation Blog has surpassed that goal!! THANK YOU!   I deeply appreciate each of you that have participated in this blog. I appreciate the colors your have brought to this blog, and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Online Therapy, Therapy and Counseling, trauma therapist Tagged With: Appreciation, Comfort, DID / MPD, DID Survivors, Disorders, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Gentleness, Gratitude, Healing Journey, Health, Honesty, I appreciate you, Kathy Broady, Kindness, Make the world a better place, mental health, Motivation, Personal Goals, Reaching Goals, Stand against violence, Supporting Others, Supportive environment, Thank you, Thanking my readers, Thanks to you, Trauma Survivors, treatment for DID, Treatment Goals for DID

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