This week I was at an indoor park watching my grandchildren play while their Moms had a few minutes of Mom time. I was doing exactly what I always dreamed to be doing. My hyper-vigilance was a plus because I kept track of all of them in a sea of wiggling happy excitement of children’s…
One of the challenges of looking for help is finding someone that understands PTSD. The second challenge is the mistaken belief that they can fix you. I started counseling with the vague idea that going the therapist would magically fix my problems. Doesn’t work that way. A good counselor in my opinion shares with you…
June is declared by someone to be PTSD awareness month. For those living with it, we are aware 24/7, if you unfamiliar with this number combination it means, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. No time off for good behavior. I sometimes get fairly smug thinking it is gone from my life…
One of the abuses that I faced was religious abuse. Twisting scriptures to their own design abusers use God as their motivation to terrorize and brutalize their victims. I didn’t read the Bible for a long time because of how it was used to twist meanings. I am sharing from my other blog this response…
I started counseling with my husband in marriage counseling. After several ‘failed’ homework assignments, the counselor asked me about my childhood. I chirped, “It was great, we went to the park, we went to the zoo. It was a great childhood.” He shook his head and persisted, “Tell me an average day.” He knew before…
Requires risk taking. Risk taking requires courage. Courage is not without fear. Fear is the measure if risk. I am spending my summer on a huge adventure. I am learning that part of the reason it is an adventure is things don’t turn out well. Other times it is wonderful. Yesterday our adventure led us…
I was writing to someone that is working with a person diagnosed with disassociation. No matter what level of disassociation there are some basics that help. Grounding….I list that in my web page https://ptsd-acceptingcopingthriving.com/2015/02/24/grounding-technique/ Boundaries https://ptsd-acceptingcopingthriving.com/2015/06/21/the-b-word/ Art – any and all kinds. I use coloring, drawing, photography, mixed media, collage, pretty much anything that allows expression…
A friend sent me a link, I looked it up and read through the article. I am glad they are adding another tool to the toolbox for coping with PTSD, but this is not new. It is a bit refined from instructions I had over 10 years ago. Sitting with emotions. Visualizing and rewriting a…
One of the articles I read discuss 6 forms of emotional abuse and give examples of each kind. https://afternarcissisticabuse.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/6-types-of-emotional-abuse-by-narcissistic-parents/ 1. Rejecting 2. Ignoring 3. Terrorizing 4. Isolating 5. Corrupting 6. Exploiting I remember a friend of mine telling me how furious she was when her teenage son came home and told her that her behavior…
Sometimes you have to walk away. People will question you, doubt you, suggest ways you could change the situation but the bottom line, sometimes you walk away. CPTSD/PTSD sometimes occurs due to abuse or ongoing abuse by someone close to us. Hardest thing to do is to walk away when you wish you could stay. …
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