To me, this was the hardest to overcome but once I did, learning about my own power is a key element to my continued healing. As long as I believed I was helpless, I could not believe I could be responsible for my change. I needed to take back my power. I needed to believe…
People sometimes ask, “What is the difference between PTSD and Complex PTSD?” Fast explanation, “It is the same difference between a simple broken leg and a compound fracture.” Some people explain it has to do with age, duration, care taker vs stranger, and other external influences that complicate the person’s reaction. I follow Lilly Hope…
My counselor was a bit of a maverick. Every year I signed a paper saying that his counseling was not conventional and I was fully aware that he went off the beaten path of “accepted therapy.” I’m so glad he did. He approached my issues totally different than the other people I knew that visited…
This is a mini rant…..if you do not feel up to reading a rant today…tune in tomorrow when I hope to be in a better mood… Today I read a fellow PTSD group member accept where he was at right now. Cool great. Applause. Then in my estimation, he totally blew it by exclaiming this…
Many times I am told that I am over sensitive, imagining things, and at fault for feeling like bad things are happening. People, sometimes bad things are happening. Too often, the person telling you it is not bad is the one that is hurting you. I read several times on a group for CPTSD that…
When I started my blog for PTSD it was one of the few non-military pages. I started it because I wanted to connect with others that understood life at the home front is sometimes more dangerous than the war front. Now more blogs are coming on board to share their experiences and understanding of PTSD…
I first learned about hydrotherapy about 40 years ago. I was actively looking for alternative ways to treat and heal common every day illnesses and problems that invade every household. I don’t use it on a daily basis so I forgot about it. This article reminded me how well a hot shower or a soak…
One of the most insidious and long reaching abuses is often completely ignored or denied. That is religious abuse. My definition is taking the concept of Heavenly Father, God, and twist it to mean something so horrible that either a person fears God to the point of being unwilling to study the scriptures or pray,…
Oops, I saved the topic but not the link then closed the window because I thought I saved the link…..heavy sigh. Brain glitches are so annoying. Early Signs Wish people knew The article listed several symptoms of PTSD that they wished they knew were PTSD. Instead they went through a time of confusion by their…
What would you like therapists to know about the experience of DID? Most of this applies to PTSD too. Fast answer: All of us are real. Telling me that some of myself is not real pushes me to not believe myself. I am real, all of me and me and me. I separated out to…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 