Lonely in a crowd. Seeing everyone else chat and interact and feeling like I live in a glass bubble. The feeling of being different, out of step, longing to feel included…how can I see anything good in feeling so isolated and alone? I started my own group that included others. I did it, we had…
Can become strengths, but not by themselves. I spent years trying to fix me. My counselor cautioned me to stop working so hard on my weaknesses every day. I was puzzled….how could a weakness become a strength if I didn’t work at correcting them. He was trying to help me see if my only focus…
One of the more common topics of discussion on several PTSD/CPTSD web pages and posts is about the Inner Critic. That little voice in your head that keep pointing out and dwelling on every mistake ever made by that person. Someone on Facebook posted this image about criticism… This is what I do…
Hi all, today I planned out this entire post and worked out the wording and now, blank, nothing, nada, zip. Heavy sigh. I sometimes have these brilliant ideas for posts but when it is time to write them my brain deleted it. Yup. No recovery. I used to fret about this until I realized that…
This morning I was scanning through Facebook group for CPTSD someone added this link to a talk called: Affirmation techniques for People with CPTSD (how to bypass inner critic.) When I posted the link the video popped in, so here it is. I actually used this idea without knowing what it was. I…
First of the year we are bombarded with meme’s to set goals, make resolutions, embrace the change and get moving. For many years I hung my head in shame and gave up on January 2, because I was going to break those resolutions anyway, may as well get it over with as quickly as possible. …
Today was the second day of the new year and my favorite store celebrated by giving those over 55 a discount….Yea for discounts. I used my gift certificates and chose items that I would not usually buy for myself. I treated me. Yes, I saw many things I could give someone else but part of…
We now have 365 mornings to decide how we will tackle each day. I am so ready for a new year.
I dropped into holiday survival mode and stopped my course of study with Blueknot….several of the areas cover details of how long and how much therapy is needed for CPTSD/PTSD. Mine was 10 years and 3 counselors. I am still a work in progress. I’m fortunate that my first counselor focused on teaching me the…
This month started out with a bang, DH went to the emergency room…..very rare occurrence..our children kept asking if it was me instead. Turns out he is now on temporary disability and a lot of pain. Thankful to a lady from church that provided some relief and pain management tools. Followed by my mother dying. …
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 