I am reading several pages and post on Facebook about PTSD. I am finding a discouraging trend towards hopelessness. One of the myths is that once you have PTSD your life is over. Some people believe it so completely, they commit suicide. There are many articles and research that affirm that PTSD is treatable. A…
This was supposed to happen yesterday. It didn’t. I am paying for ignoring my body’s quiet plea to slow down a little. I’m doing all sorts of good cool stuff but just a little too much (a lot too much.) I keep trying to not allow PTSD to run my life but ignore it too…
This is a link to 10 things not to say: https://annarosemeeds.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/ten-things-not-to-say-to-someone-with-ptsd/ I like what she wrote. I think it is worth your time to check it out. I am going to list the same 10 things not to say with my perspective. This is not a rebuttal. I am sharing a different view to perhaps…
I’ve seen them on Facebook and blogs lists of things NOT to say to someone with PTSD. One person commented that they would like a list of things to say…. My choices are things that someone said to me or I wish they would say to me. Keep in mind that a person with PTSD…
Scott posted it under the name Irregardless http://scott-williams.ca/2015/02/02/irregardless/ It goes along with what I wrote on my other blog http://weareone-ruth.blogspot.com/2015/02/take-lid-off-jar.html PTSD is difficult. Most pages spend thousands of words sharing the difficulties, the symptoms, the discouragement. To get to Thriving with PTSD you need ‘In-Spite-of’. Irregardless of the scars we choose to make our own…
I keep a look out for any information I can find on insomnia. This article covers some of the information that matches my experiences. http://www.complexptsd.info/Insomnia-and-PTSD.html I am always looking for ideas that help. Unfortunately, getting more sleep means an increase in nightmares. Ugh. The other way I use lack of sleep is to keep anger…
I saw this on Both Sides of the Wall https://bothsidesofthewall.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/quote-6/ I also tried to find who originally said the quote. I found a similar quote but not this particular quote. I like it. It is direct. Honest. Amazingly hopeful when you think about it. As long as I am looking over my shoulder wishing for…
Howie Mandel shares his challenges with OCD. This is the video I saw recently and I had to listen several times to pick up on the two words that changed his life, “Me, too.” http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/19/howie-mandel-bell-lets-talk_n_6501382.html This is a “Me, too” blog for PTSD. I am sharing what I experience and the challenges I encounter and…
One of the homework assignments I was given early in my counseling required me to follow the 5-50 rule. Do something for someone else that takes less than 5 minutes and cost less than 50 cents. (A candy bar usually costs more than 50 cents unless you can find them on sale.) Doesn’t sound like…
Hard work sometimes feels like spinning your wheels in mud. Lots of energy but nothing changes. So when small changes are suggested, most people ignore the suggestion. How can one small change make a difference when a whole bunch of work produces so little? I am a math geek. I love equations and how things…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 