Just for fun I took a personality test using abstract pictures. It was a bit of fun. I think I like it because it gave me Courage for a trait. http://www.buzzhearts.com/en/blog/this-abstract-image-test-will-determine-your-dominant-personality-trait/165/ Have fun!
I am blessed with awesome Facebook pages that encourage me and inspire me to be better. They also assure me that I am of worth just as I am. These are a couple of pictures that came through my timeline that I saved to use here. Often when I am trying to select ways to…
This came in my letter from Michele Rosenthal, http://yourlifeaftertraumabook.com/. She shares her recovery methods from PTSD. I’m sharing her words to let you know that you are not alone in finding this time of year is tough. But it might not be the toughest time for you. Each person has their own times of…
PTSD is a monster to live with. My attempts to remove it from my life is less than what I would like it to be. I learned the hard way trying to eradicate it from my life in all one go is not going to happen right now. I set myself up to fail setting…
I had no memories from my childhood. In a way I let it go but I still had PTSD response with no understanding as to why I reacted this way. It was difficult in counseling when my counselor asked me about my past. I chirped, “We went to the park, we went to the zoo.” …
This is the time of the year I review my progress. I made it through Christmas time. I love the season but tend to plan more than I could ever accomplish. I lost presents that I bought this summer and had to buy things for my granddaughters. They’ll get the other presents when I find…
Hey I found a new term for thriving. Posttraumatic Growth is a term coined by “psychologists Richard G. Tedeschi and Lawrence G. Calhoun at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in the mid-nineties.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posttraumatic_growth I came across it in this article “How to Suffer Successfully: Post-Traumatic Growth and Nietzschean Resilience” http://wakeup-world.com/2015/12/07/how-to-suffer-successfully-post-traumatic-growth-and-nietzschean-resilience/ Most people do…
May today bring peace and joy to your home. Challenges are all around but this is a beautiful time to make new memories. I can’t control the memories I have from my past but I can create new memories now. Create a new tradition. Eliminate activities that are all stress and no joy. Simplify. Sit…
Early in my counseling I learned that TBI and PTSD have many similarities. They also have plenty of differences. PTSD Break the Silence is a page on Facebook. If you have Facebook, I recommend adding this page to your resources. PTSD Break The Silence Tips for Communicating with People with TBI (Note: Many people who…
I have too much to do. I’m not coping I can’t handle one more thing. NOW you recommend that I give service? So went my counseling session so many years ago. However, I already knew the answer. I developed 7 simple changes to start taking back my life years before I started counseling. Service was…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 