Different meanings. One of the hard things about writing a blog about PTSD I can use words like dissociation, nightmares, suffering, and many other words and what I mean may not have the same definition to some of my readers. I went on some websites and felt marginalized and dismissed because I was not in…
When I hit rock bottom, I decided the only way I had to go was up. So I did. 5 minutes at a time I crept, struggled, fought to get out of the dark hole. Many days I felt like the light at the end of the tunnel was another freight train. Then one day,…
Feeling Blue – Breathe…..really. Many times when I get anxious or upset the first thing I do is hold my breath. Taking time to breathe can make a difference. Breathing is a basic go to slow down the beginnings of stress or the early stages of melt down. Wait too long and tell me to…
Every so often I believe it is a good idea to go back and review beginnings, definitions, and useful links. Sometimes a resource is lost or forgotten. Or newly diagnosed and wanting to know basics. Lived with PTSD or CPTSD for awhile and seeing how far you have come is refreshing reminder that progress does…
All over people are celebrating the blessings of mothers and motherhood. Sadly, it is not a day of celebration for many. Heart break when you can’t have children. Heart break when a baby doesn’t live. Heart break of a still born child or miscarriage. Heart break of losing a mother to drugs, alcohol or death. …
I was looking for the author of the poem that I posted on my other blog. http://weareone-ruth.blogspot.com/2018/05/healing-is-messy.html The poem appealed to me because I felt like there was someone else besides me that seems to think it is OK to be messy while we heal and that after healing life is still messy. So…
And without having to spend a bunch of money to do it. Warning I am getting on my soapbox…..if this is not something you need right now enjoy the pictures and skip the text. According to the study at this link, people that suffer from child abuse are more easily startled. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2852033/ Yes, someone was…
Don’t change. Ever noticed that the people making the changes in the world are unhappy, angry, discontented, and the whole list of negative emotions are the ones that create the changes. Advertising companies spend billions of dollars trying to persuade people that they cannot be happy until they do___________, buy __________ or become _____________. Yes…
The title to this article intrigued me: Emotional Mindfulness: What Anger, Vulnerability & Despair Teach Us Emotional Mindfulness: What Anger, Vulnerability & Despair Teach Us I enjoy coming across an article that agrees with me. I spent a large portion of my life unable to access how I felt. Through brutal childhood experience I learned to separate…
I started this blog about PTSD. Then very few blogs existed for PTSD other than military. Now, many blogs share their journey and what they learned. Then I was planning to write a book, now there are many books to choose from all ready written. Making time to read them all is a bit of…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 