One of the blogs I follow by email is the Better man project. I enjoyed sharing his progress and appreciate his determination. This is an article of Evan Sander’s that inspired me on After hardship what do you do? http://thebettermanprojects.com/uncategorized/9366-reinventing-hardship I came across his link and reread the article. I needed the reminder.
“There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.” -Corrie ten Boom http://tenboom.com/ Please pass along! Mine shaft…..so deep you could lose the Empire State building down the hole. It was during some of my darkest hours that I felt reassured that God was only a prayer away.
I spent the afternoon dreading then talking to my counselor. The interesting thing about acceptance is it is easy to accept the good parts of my life. It is easy to accept the mundane parts of my life. But the crusty-nasty-wish-that-never-happned parts are a bit more of a challenge. My counselor challenged me to sit…
Deciding to write this blog was a huge decision. I debated. Talked myself out of it repeatedly. Started it then didn’t touch it for a few months. Recommitted to sharing my belief about PTSD. I am tired of some people condemning me for events that happened in kindergarten and through out a childhood that had…
I emphasize over and over again to use Baby-steps. There is a reason. A person suffering from PTSD had life experiences that left them feeling helpless at some point in their life. One of the after-affects is victim thinking….I am powerless, I can’t protect myself, I can’t meet my basic needs of safety, food and…
There is no remote in life, get up and change it yourself. From Facebook photo. Years ago before I knew that I had PTSD I had to make a decision about how I was going to live. At the time, I could be up for 20 minutes a day, medical tests all came back in…
I’ve worked on improving myself for years. I tried and failed many ways of learning to live. I recognized very early in my teens that there was something odd about me but I was always the way I was, I didn’t know where to start. In counseling, I started a focused concentrated healing. I learned…
Reviewing life at the end of the year, between Christmas and New Year is an ideal time for me to think about what happened this past year. It is easy to get bogged down in the crumby stuff, the conversations that turned ugly, fears that got the upper hand, and generally a beat-myself-up session can…
As Christmas nears for some with PTSD symptoms worsen. I am sorry to say that major holidays are often triggers for a person with ptsd. I found a resource that I think is fairly good. I haven’t read everything on every link but I read the page listed here and there are some great tips:…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 