And I hate it. Yes, I will be up front, I hate exercise. Yet it is one of the biggest most awesome mood changers. Little endorphins are set loose on your nervous system and your body loves it. I was a couch potato for years because my body did not give me another choice. As…
Trauma happens in life. Full stop. But not everyone gets PTSD. Even fewer do what I did which was to create an elaborate survival technique using dissociation to divide up my life in smaller pieces. Life got a lot more confusing when I married and moved away from home, stopped going to school and started…
Warning Warning Tonight’s post is tough. If you are prone to be triggered by discussing Sexual abuse and grooming GO BACK one post and enjoy some process art…..there are no mistakes in art, only new designs. Last post https://ptsd-acceptingcopingthriving.com/2018/06/02/product-vs-process-art/ This is tough for me to write. Recognizing sexual abuse and the process…
Art is a magical thing. Museums are filled with art. Viewing master pieces most people say, “I can’t do art.” I was told in 7th grade that I couldn’t do art and not bother taking any more classes. I listened to that teacher and I believed because what I did never looked like the teacher’s…
I often wondered how I could be neglected when my mother was so controlling. During counseling sessions, I realized that she was only controlling when I was home, the rest of the time she had no idea what I was doing or who I was with. Neglect https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/define.pdf Neglect is frequently defined as the failure…
You are seeing these everywhere because laws were passed in Europe about how private information may be used. Check out my post on my other blog for more information by Google: http://weareone-ruth.blogspot.com/2018/05/no-data-mining-by-me.html You can read my blog without needing to follow or you can post comments anonymously. However, I screen all comments before posting. If…
Sometimes is Physical abuse. Most people think about bruising and broken bones. Easily seen and documented the obvious physical abuse is quickly identified. Physical Abuse Physical abuse is generally defined as “any nonaccidental physical injury to the child” and can include striking, kicking, burning, or biting the child, or any action that results in a…
Sometimes defining what we call abuse is helpful to identify what is what. People do not all respond or define abuse the same way. Sometimes when I read a definition I would feel bewildered because it happened to me all the time and it was just the way I was treated, the behavior was not…
Right now we are twixt and between holiday’s. Memorial day is coming up in the United States. Planning in advance for holidays gives you time to make a plan and practice. Holidays include birthdays, anniversaries of negative events, family events, graduations and all the holidays that hit the calendars. Just before Mother’s Day Mighty posted…
Originally posted on The Project: Me by Judy:
I don’t think they’ll mind me sharing. The introduction at the top isn’t mine. I’m sorry it’s a bit small and blurry, but I believe it’s important to share:
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