One of the most fascinating insights to come out of my counseling is PTSD isn’t always to blame. Sometimes life is plain hard no matter what your past experiences threw at you. I appreciated Annie Wright sharing her perspective on Adulting and Humaning. I blame PTSD but sometimes: Adulting’s not always easy. And humaning can…
My friend posted an article about cancer patients that are bombarded with ‘easy answers’ and ‘insensitive advice’. Steven Thrasher the author shared his sister’s experience with cancer. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/26/do-not-tell-cancer-patients-cures-they-could-be-doing She fought for 15 years before the cancer beat her. He shares how people advised her to drink juice, do yoga, be cheerful and many other less…
PTSD and grief are similar that you need to go through these steps. Try another route if you must but you still come through these 4 steps. Thanks to my friend in Australia for sharing this. I’m glad I just found this :© EPEC Project,1999 Module 12: Last Hours of Living, Part 3 Page…
https://roots2blossom.wordpress.com/2015/05/06/maladaptive-schema-finally-a-name-for-those-diseased-roots/ This was in my drafts for over a year. I needed to revisit it. I am sharing links to this one but I also lived it survived it. I am doing a bit of back sliding so needed a reminder to keep fighting forward. The link has a lot more information about Roots2blossom’s battle. …
Emerging from Broken is one of the blogs that is another survivor learning to live. Learning that their past needs to be acknowledged and accepted before going forward in the healing process. Emerging From Broken “I had been defined by the ways that others treated me. I believed that I didn’t deserve more then what…
Some people online are crying, “Does PTSD ever end?” They feel frustrated, hurt, and isolated. I don’t know if it ever ends. I’ve had it since I was 5 years old, I will turn 59 next month. I control it much better after years of counseling. I may have many good days in a row. …
Life changing experiences should change your life. I am seeing a disturbing trend among PTSD support groups on Facebook. There is a cry of ‘I don’t want this to change me.’ Frankly, I think it is very disturbing if you are not affected by a life changing experience. September of 2001 I was diagnosed with…
This one is needed after the last one. https://ptsd-acceptingcopingthriving.com/2016/09/03/still-in-it/ Should you decide to use the word no and stop taking personally all the words they spew out, they will call in the flying monkeys. Friends, family, acquaintances get dragged in to take their side. They will twist every event into some horrible thing you have done. …
I follow several other survivors working towards healthier living. Their posts inspire, encourage, and sometimes trigger me. I am sharing a link to Roots to Blossom. I took 4 days to read through her analysis as to why she was abused. Then another day to read all the comments. I recommend reading the comments. Ntexas99…
Rarely show outside scars. Trigger Alert articles may be triggering for some readers. Two articles came to my attention today. One comes from Lilly Hope Lucario sharing how she felt at the beginning of her journey of healing. https://healingfromcomplextraumaandptsd.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/complex-ptsd-is-an-isolating-severe-exhausting-disorder/ Her description so vividly described how I felt so often at the beginning of my healing…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 