Reposted from Facebook PTSD Break The Silence 16 Ways To Help A Friend With Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Helping Someone with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder It can be hard to handle having a close friend or family member with post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). They may struggle with irritability, have problems sleeping at night, be…
I backed off from all things computer. I am refocusing on family, friends and sanity. My friend let me review the mess I tumble into. It wasn’t actually my mess but choices of others affected me in a negative way. Work went from mildly stressful to job hunting to didn’t want to get out of…
Originally posted on The Project: Me by Judy:
(in)courage shared this last year, and so did I:
I decided when I started this blog to tell it like it is…all of it, warts and all. Some of the encouraging pages I studied glossed over the tough days. They jump forward to the future saying tomorrow will be better without addressing the distress today. I don’t do time warps. On some days, PTSD…
Tonight is one of those nights that I wish I was still in counseling with my first counselor. He let me email him when I felt tremendous internal pressure and I needed to let off steam without harming anyone, myself included. He wouldn’t always answer. Many times it would be a short acknowledgement that we…
Every once in awhile I run across an article that hits a tender and mending spot. For many years my emotions were unavailable to me and in extension to my children. I didn’t do this on purpose. It has to do with how I was raised. I am working at changing it. I change slowly.…
I heard the “All in my head” from the time I was 15 years old. I went to medical doctors first trying to understand what happens to me body. When I can go from lots of energy to 0 in less than 10 minutes. (One of the reasons people with PTSD are sometimes diagnosed with…
Counseling was a weekly challenge to my life views. There wasn’t a single part of my life that wasn’t pushed to the max during counseling. I continue the process. Before jumping to the idea that I am suggesting you doubt yourself, I learned to challenge long held beliefs. If you always do what you always…
Pushing myself to the limits of my endurance, finances, and emotional ends sometimes sets me up to more likely have an anxiety attack. PTSD Breaks the Silence posted some awesome suggestions. Click on the name below to go to their web page if you have Facebok PTSD Break The Silence PTSD and Panic Attacks –…
My Facebook buddies posted this one…it is an overview that some may find helpful. If you enjoy a facebook account, click on PTSD Break the silence and like their page. PTSD Break The Silence Frequently Asked Questions about PTSD By HAROLD COHEN, PH.D. Is the cause of PTSD simply a traumatic event? Although PTSD…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 