The time is now. The time to prepare for the holidays is past. They arrived officially for me today when I didn’t have to set my alarm. I slept in until 7:00 AM, after I made myself go back to bed at my regular wake up time. My attitude will make all the difference. Choose…
Thank you for being patient with me while I am working on the costumes. I enjoyed watching Todd’s video on how often I do say I’m sorry and in the back of my mind I am feeling that I am apologizing for existing. I am working on this. One of my children pointed out…
Being married to a person with PTSD is tough. Ask my husband how difficult and unreasonable I can be. Counseling so many years ago started with marriage counseling. It quickly became obvious that very little marriage counseling could occur while I was so damaged and my thinking distorted by dissociation. My husband went with me…
I hadn’t planned on an extended break. I could handle this and everything else. I was sooooo wrong. I spent the last 3 months swallowed up by costumes for this show. This is our cast. Each one played two and sometimes 3 parts. Thankful for those that helped but blown away that I was in…
I ran across an interesting article that shared the ‘Code Words’ people use to mask what they are really feeling. https://themighty.com/2017/11/phrases-code-for-struggling-today-mental-health/ My children pointed out to me years ago that I lied all the time. People would say, “Hi, how are you?” And I would answer, “Fine.” I would have a death grip on the…
Many times I would read about ‘releasing trauma’. Many times I didn’t get it because mine didn’t feel that way. Tonight I read an awesome post that shared another analogy that I really like. Thank you Jeann for your willingness to share. Jeann Kezelman TOPIC: “Developmental Trauma CANNOT be released, instead it must be RE-PATTERNED”…
I am a member of a CPTSD group on Facebook. Someone posed the question what is the difference between a panic attack and an anxiety attack. My gut feeling is a panic attack is like a spike in fear that is difficult or impossible to control….anxiety attack is the struggle I go with many days…
flexible without getting bent out of shape. At school our principal challenged us to do something new this year. Gear it up. I decided with the many changes and different request I decided that I would not let all the changes bend me out of shape. One of the challenges for a person living with…
Back in September my sister Judy shared an article on self-care. I decided to write my perspective and share her link but then life happened for both of us. I am not complaining or sad, it just happened. A lot of what happened was good and awesomeness. She got back on track with sharing her…
This came up on my Facebook feed as a memory. I felt it was a good reminder for friends and family of someone with PTSD. Holidays often have multiple triggers attached to events. Plan ahead for possibilities and share possible coping skills to those you trust to help. Really, touch can be another layer of…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 