Today I had an excellent example of cognitive dissonance. A friend of my mother’s made the mistake of complaining to my husband about my mother not being brought home. (My mother is currently in a care center for dementia.) DH told her he was sick and tired of my mother emotionally abusing me and yelling…
The past 3 days I spoke to high school classes where I work about PTSD and coping skills. Fashion I discussed the dark side of fashion…anorexia, eating disorders, plastic surgery addiction, and other out of control behaviors trying to compete in a high stress, slave labor industry. I shared the coping skills I list here. …
I maintain two different blogs. One is my personal journey out of the darkness of abuse survival. The second is this one about PTSD. Every so often I write a post that fits both places. Today is one of those posts. http://weareone-ruth.blogspot.com/2017/05/crap-happens.html Today I talked to the fashion students. I explained why I didn’t go…
I believe people learn differently. I found a visual way that demonstrates cognitive dissonance. Yes, I used my mouse to follow the rings.
This post is mostly for those with CPTSD. Complex PTSD often, but not always, steeped in childhood abuse. Sadly, one of the worst abusers can be your own mother. Even more confusing is when that mother is sweet and wonderful to everyone except their targeted child. Becomes even more confusing when some of the children…
I wrestled with cognitive dissonance but I didn’t know what it was or why it was sooooo uncomfortable. In counseling, I encountered extreme cognitive dissonance when my counselor tried to convince me I was a good person. Most people believe they are a good person. From the time I was small I was told repeatedly…
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear” Buddhist Proverb quotes I remembered this quote and thought of all the times I needed a teacher….I looked for them. The hardest part was getting myself to the point of being ready to listen. I believe the teachers are there all the time but I don’t…
Awareness of childhood sexual abuse “We only believe those thoughts which have been conceived not in the brain but in the whole body” – W.B. Yeats * The process triggered by working with the brain and the body in conjunction deepen cognitive development significantly in the areas of evaluating, analyzing, applying and remembering *…
So does thriving. I am fascinated when two articles come together about the same time totally unconnected as to how I got them. Facebook for one and an email for the other. I am recognizing in myself a need for more change. I equate my experience in counseling as doing something similar to changing my…
Thanks to Facebook I connected with Lilly Hope Lucario – Link below if you would like to connect too. Her post encourage me and remind me there are many others struggling with CPTSD*. Healing From Complex Trauma and Ptsd/cptsd November 22, 2016 · I would like to say something to all complex trauma survivors…. We…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 