I wrestled with cognitive dissonance but I didn’t know what it was or why it was sooooo uncomfortable. In counseling, I encountered extreme cognitive dissonance when my counselor tried to convince me I was a good person. Most people believe they are a good person. From the time I was small I was told repeatedly…
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear” Buddhist Proverb quotes I remembered this quote and thought of all the times I needed a teacher….I looked for them. The hardest part was getting myself to the point of being ready to listen. I believe the teachers are there all the time but I don’t…
Awareness of childhood sexual abuse “We only believe those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body” – W.B. Yeats * The process triggered by working with the brain and the body in conjunction deepen cognitive development significantly in the areas of evaluating, analyzing, applying and remembering *…
So does thriving. I am fascinated when two articles come together about the same time totally unconnected as to how I got them. Facebook for one and an email for the other. I am recognizing in myself a need for more change. I equate my experience in counseling as doing something similar to changing my…
Thanks to Facebook I connected with Lilly Hope Lucario – Link below if you would like to connect too. Her post encourage me and remind me there are many others struggling with CPTSD*. Healing From Complex Trauma and Ptsd/cptsd November 22, 2016 · I would like to say something to all complex trauma survivors…. We…
End of the school year is always hectic and busy. Big events occur with a few extras thrown in. Fashion show is this week, culmination of months of work. Sick teacher had me subbing today…always wearing for me. Relief of a major burden leaves energy and room in my life for things I love. I…
I ponder and wonder about things that happen in life. I carried with me a terrible burden that my mother threatened suicide when I was a teenager because I wasn’t doing enough to help her. Yet she resented everything I did to help her. I carried this terrible secret and burden for years. Last night…
This week I am struggling with a deep bout of depression. I know the source. My mother stomped on a hot button that was buried since high school. A button that I only vaguely alluded to when I was in 10 years of counseling. Depression holds down the volcanic rage. Yes, depression is a tool…
Almost everyone has challenges with their family…for one there is history….sometimes a long, ugly history. Expectations are often higher for family than for friends. Walking away from family can be complicated or feels impossible. Guilt trips and button pushing can abound. I also seen another side of family filled with acceptance, encouragement, standing by each…
Yes this is a random post… Students at our high school are learning computer programing using https://code.org/ I finished course 2 and about half way through course 3. I believe if I had learned programing this way, I would enjoy it a lot more. Zombies and bees running mazes. Bees collecting nectar and making honey. …
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 