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Do Dissociative Trauma Survivors Actually Lose Time?

By Kathy Broady MSW 54 Comments

One of the diagnostic criteria for Dissociative Identity Disorder is experiencing amnesia or lost time.  While losing time may seem like an obvious hole in your every day life, it really might not be as obvious as it seems it could be. For dissociative trauma survivors, the sliding of time is a normal everyday way of life.  It just is how it is, and time feels very different for DID survivors than it does for other … [Read more...]

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Do Therapists Know Enough about Dissociative Disorders?

By Kathy Broady MSW 12 Comments

Hi, I'm trying something new today -- a blog poll. I'm not quite sure how they work yet, so other than asking people to click their answers... I can't really explain it yet.  This will be new for me too!     Update -- sorry, my poll isn't working -- but your written responses and comments would be greatly appreciated!   However, I am very interested in knowing whether or not you all have found … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, therapy, trauma therapist Tagged With: DID Therapist, DID Therapy, DID/MPD, dissociative disorders, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Do Therapists Actually Help?, Effective, Kathy Broady, mental health, Polls, Survey, Therapists, Trauma Therapists, Traums Survivors, Treatment Goals for DID, Treatment of DID

Body Memories – The Body Remembering

By Kathy Broady MSW 66 Comments

  Body Memories -- ouch!   In the television show "One Life To Live" -- Bess tried to rescue Jessica one more time by taking baby Chloe and going on the run.  Their secret had gotten out -- baby Chloe belonged to someone else and the dear little one was not Jessica's baby at all. Tess was angry with Bess for trying this last stunt.  Every time Bess looked in the mirror, she would see Tess's angry face … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, One Life to Live, sexual abuse, therapy, Trauma, trauma therapist Tagged With: Abuse, Body Memories, Body memory, Cellular Memory, DID/MPD, Dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Emotion, Healing, Healing from Sexual Abuse, Jessica Buchanan, Kathy Broady, Memory Work, One Life to Live, pain, Physical body, PTSD, sexual abuse, Sexually Abused, Tess, therapy, Trauma, Treatment of DID

30 Potential Blocks in the Therapy Process for Dissociative Trauma Survivors

By Kathy Broady MSW 56 Comments

The healing process for dissociative trauma survivors is very long, involved and complex, and of course, the therapy process for the treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder is full of many potential blocks, complications, detours, messes, digressions, etc. The article, 50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder, lists out many of the steps involved in trauma therapy.  How can dissociative trauma … [Read more...]

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