First of the year we are bombarded with meme’s to set goals, make resolutions, embrace the change and get moving. For many years I hung my head in shame and gave up on January 2, because I was going to break those resolutions anyway, may as well get it over with as quickly as possible. …
Today was the second day of the new year and my favorite store celebrated by giving those over 55 a discount….Yea for discounts. I used my gift certificates and chose items that I would not usually buy for myself. I treated me. Yes, I saw many things I could give someone else but part of…
We now have 365 mornings to decide how we will tackle each day. I am so ready for a new year.
I dropped into holiday survival mode and stopped my course of study with Blueknot….several of the areas cover details of how long and how much therapy is needed for CPTSD/PTSD. Mine was 10 years and 3 counselors. I am still a work in progress. I’m fortunate that my first counselor focused on teaching me the…
This month started out with a bang, DH went to the emergency room…..very rare occurrence..our children kept asking if it was me instead. Turns out he is now on temporary disability and a lot of pain. Thankful to a lady from church that provided some relief and pain management tools. Followed by my mother dying. …
My daughter had a large brain tumor removed. This experience led her to studying different ways this injury effects her life. This is an article she shared with me. I recommend reading it and every where it says “brain injury” read instead PTSD/CPTSD. More and more doctors and psychologist are agreeing that PTSD/CPTSD is a…
Yup I did. I ripped up my Christmas To-Do list this week. I was stressing because my DH (Darling Husband) is looking at some serious medical issues and I was overwhelmed at all I had to do so I ripped up the To-Do list. Now it is a Maybe do one or two things for…
Our lives had a new twist added that is extremely unpleasant. I decided to pare down and cut out many things on my to do list. I decided that some things will just be missed this year. I am focusing on gifts for grandkids. Already shipped the ones out of state. I learned years ago…
I took off school today for probably one of the strangest reasons so I didn’t explain too much. I thought I was doing fairly well with the news of my mother dying. Then yesterday, I received a sympathy card. To say I didn’t handle it well would be a gross understatement. I knew the sender…
Interesting how sitting with your emotions for 24 hours can help them each have a turn center stage. It sucked getting news about my mother’s death on facebook….the reality is my phone isn’t working well. I put it on the charger and left to go shopping. I was literally out of contact from any family. …
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 