Every so often I believe it is a good idea to go back and review beginnings, definitions, and useful links. Sometimes a resource is lost or forgotten. Or newly diagnosed and wanting to know basics. Lived with PTSD or CPTSD for awhile and seeing how far you have come is refreshing reminder that progress does…
All over people are celebrating the blessings of mothers and motherhood. Sadly, it is not a day of celebration for many. Heart break when you can’t have children. Heart break when a baby doesn’t live. Heart break of a still born child or miscarriage. Heart break of losing a mother to drugs, alcohol or death. …
I was looking for the author of the poem that I posted on my other blog. http://weareone-ruth.blogspot.com/2018/05/healing-is-messy.html The poem appealed to me because I felt like there was someone else besides me that seems to think it is OK to be messy while we heal and that after healing life is still messy. So…
And without having to spend a bunch of money to do it. Warning I am getting on my soapbox…..if this is not something you need right now enjoy the pictures and skip the text. According to the study at this link, people that suffer from child abuse are more easily startled. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2852033/ Yes, someone was…
I started this blog about PTSD. Then very few blogs existed for PTSD other than military. Now, many blogs share their journey and what they learned. Then I was planning to write a book, now there are many books to choose from all ready written. Making time to read them all is a bit of…
One of the fascinating things I learned from one of the classes at school is that some of my responses to the world is not about PTSD/CPTSD at all. I am an introvert. I crave home alone time. I need time by myself to recharge my batteries. Sometimes my no peopling days is more about…
People sometimes ask, “What is the difference between PTSD and Complex PTSD?” Fast explanation, “It is the same difference between a simple broken leg and a compound fracture.” Some people explain it has to do with age, duration, care taker vs stranger, and other external influences that complicate the person’s reaction. I follow Lilly Hope…
This is a mini rant…..if you do not feel up to reading a rant today…tune in tomorrow when I hope to be in a better mood… Today I read a fellow PTSD group member accept where he was at right now. Cool great. Applause. Then in my estimation, he totally blew it by exclaiming this…
Many times I am told that I am over sensitive, imagining things, and at fault for feeling like bad things are happening. People, sometimes bad things are happening. Too often, the person telling you it is not bad is the one that is hurting you. I read several times on a group for CPTSD that…
One of the most insidious and long reaching abuses is often completely ignored or denied. That is religious abuse. My definition is taking the concept of Heavenly Father, God, and twist it to mean something so horrible that either a person fears God to the point of being unwilling to study the scriptures or pray,…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 