I put myself into over load. My body fought back and won. I slept through most of the weekend. Missed out on Easter activities, visiting with family and writing posts. So what happened? Every year in Early Childhood Education there is a unit on abuse, specifically child abuse. I spend a day talking to students…
WARNING!!!! Today’s post is a rant. If this is triggering or uncomfortable for you, skip today’s post. Have a blessed day. We have a sweet and kind custodian that takes care of our classroom. She is so gentle. Friday she walked in when the teacher and I were talking about next…
Early on in my counseling, I explained that one of my medical doctors told me that I was depressed and didn’t know it. I felt like “DUH” I would know if I was depressed. My therapist looked fairly amused while I recounted this experience. (I learned to be very cautious if my counselor was amused…
Recently from two way different sources I heard a decry against social media and the ills it is causing. Stop, just Stop. The ills they refer to are depression, disconnection, and suicide. Does anyone stop to think that as computers rise in demand and popularity, arts and sports fall? To afford more computers in school,…
I am very thankful that our school celebrates a pseudo holiday. No school on April fools day. It is a huge relief not to be at school because I am terrible at playing April fools jokes and I don’t handle them well either. Today I thought I was reading a real article because the source…
Last post was a list of things to quit. Part of changing to healthier ways of living is quitting old bad habits that no longer fit into our growing life style. However, not quitting healing is an important journey. I am thankful that my first counselor understood how much work there is in healing past…
I found a poster on Facebook and I am linking back to where it came from. https://www.facebook.com/messageoflife1808/ People pleasing is a survival technique also called fawning. This is another way of describing laying down and letting yourself be a doormat. No one appreciates a doormat, they just wipe their feet and move on. Change…
Occasionally, the computer crashes and I totally lose a post. I decided sometime ago I needed a different approach. Attempt number 2. There are 3 things sometimes attributed to PTSD/CPTSD that are not symptoms: rudeness, cruelty, and criminal behavior. Raised in an abusive home, especially where emotional abuse is present, leaves a child missing basic…
Reviewing my possible posts idea I came across yet another one talking about boundaries. The reason I keep coming back to boundaries is that many survivors with PTSD/CPTSD or just really odd coping skills show a definite lack of boundaries. I struggled with the concept. Listening to others talk about having boundaries and feeling so…
One of the problems with PTSD/CPTSD and long term illnesses of all kinds you start to blame everything on one problem. A couple of years ago I went to the doctor and he asked me a set of questions. I answered yes to everyone of them and I blamed it all on PTSD/CPTSD. Was I…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 