Hi All, I am still megatime being grandma. Today is recovery day with resting from all the fun yesterday. I follow several PTSD groups on Facebook….this article is from one of them. https://healingfromcomplextraumaandptsd.wordpress.com/2017/07/10/30-helpful-things-to-say-to-someone-with-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-lilly-hope-lucario/ I’ve followed Lilly Hope Lucario for a long time. She comes up with some great information. Enjoy.
One of the hardest things to balance is healing and keep on with the business of living. Meals still need to be made, still going to work, still meeting with people that are important to me, still attending church, still grocery shopping….and right now I am spending a lot of time being Grandma. I’m having…
I am doing a bit of light Summer reading.…(please read that with intense sarcasm.) If talk of mass shootings is triggering for you…..please skip today’s post. They Call Me “Mr. De” is the book written by Frank DeAngelis, former principal of Columbine High School. This high school was one of the first mass shootings after…
Raised in trauma with my earliest memories terrifying, I could list off a huge number of fears. Fear of the dark, fear of strangers, fear of stray dogs, fear of blah…blah…blah. The one I didn’t expect ever and was totally unaware of until counseling was a fear of success. I was puzzled for a long…
I was miserable last night. We went with our grandkids to a carnival with flashing lights, loud music and junk food. The kids enjoyed themselves immensely. I asked my daughter with TBI how she was coping with all that was going on. She pointed out her baseball type hat that shielded her eyes from most…
Like clock work my anxiety rises and falls with certain seasons. I finally figured out that the anxiety starts mid October…..my mother’s birthday….until end of school when she would finally relax. My life still seems to revolve around my mother that explained to me she hated me in our last conversation. So how do I…
One of the symptoms that blurs the lines between PTSD and TBI, traumatic brain injury, is sensory overload. My daughter shares different articles about TBI since that is her challenge. I recognize the symptoms as something I experience with PTSD/CPTSD. Here is the link to the Mighty: https://themighty.com/2016/02/people-explain-what-sensory-overload-feels-like/ I first discovered my intense dislike of…
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Tonight I was done being an adult. I pushed myself through several tough things and I was done. Enter my sister. My Dad, who she cares for, experienced trouble with his land line phone. Batteries were needed, I had some. When she came over, I whined that I was done with being an adult but…
Yup, Navy Seals Team Never Quit came out of the Froglogic page and yes I follow them on Facebook. From them I learned about the importance of building a team. One of the difficult things about child abuse is the abuser will isolate the child and imply that they are alone. That no one will…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 