Emerging From Broken “Physical symptoms such as muscle tension, back problems, stomach distress, constipation, diarrhea, headaches, obesity or maybe even hypertension can be caused by suppressing your emotions. Suppressed anger may also cause you to overreact to people and situations or to act inappropriately. Unexpressed anger can cause you to become irritable, irrational, and…
Awareness of childhood sexual abuse “You don’t have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the cards you’re holding.” ~ Cheryl Strayed My experience for the last two months was to fulfill one of my “what ifs.” What if…
My counselor lectured me often (read that as at least once or twice a month for 7 years) about lumping/smashing/tangling things all together. He taught me to pull apart problems and separate them into parts. For example, I would complain about some event at work. He would help me sort through what was knee-jerk reaction…
One of the books I read a few years ago wrote about filling your own bucket. (How full is your Bucket? http://strengths.gallup.com/114079/Full-Bucket.aspx) The theory following air flight attendants advice of put on your own oxygen mask before trying to help someone else. Over the years I learned that PTSD punches a hole in my bucket. …
This is from Facebook. I read it and reread it. Then I put it in a draft on my blog to give me time to reconsider if this is helpful or discouraging. It certainly made me think, a lot. Awareness of childhood sexual abuse “When we embrace the dirt of our lives, tapping into the…
I would love to post this flow chart of symptoms but the recent review of the copyright information I am including the link to the chart. I believe the most helpful thing about this chart is it reduces the symptoms to groups. In my opinion, recognizing the main issue directs me to the coping methods…
I’m sharing what I learned from the school district where I work. I don’t think what they wrote is copyrighted. I suppose it would be ironic to post a copyrighted document on not infringing on copyrights. I was starting to share things I found on Facebook because I thought it was OK. Now I need…
Emotional abuse is part of all other abuses. http://liveboldandbloom.com/11/relationships/signs-of-emotional-abuse?c=JWells This article is longer than most but worth the read this is one excerpt from the beginning. So what is emotional abuse? It involves a regular pattern of verbal offense, threatening, bullying, and constant criticism, as well as more subtle tactics like intimidation, shaming and manipulation.…
Many web pages discuss PTSD in reference to soldiers, some mention fire fighters, police and other front liners that see and experience horror every day. Few mention the area that statistics say make up 50% of the PTSD survivors. One woman speaks out on Facebook. Awareness of childhood sexual abuse This is one of the…
So little inclination to do it.
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 