I started counseling with my husband in marriage counseling. After several ‘failed’ homework assignments, the counselor asked me about my childhood. I chirped, “It was great, we went to the park, we went to the zoo. It was a great childhood.” He shook his head and persisted, “Tell me an average day.” He knew before…
I look around and try to find other people that shared their experiences with PTSD. I believe that getting different perspectives will help a person to recognize their own challenges. I am very aware that my reaction and abuse pushes towards the extreme end of PTSD continuum. I worry that someone might decide not to…
Sometimes I feel so alone. I watch other people playing, working and living while I try to get up off the couch. I felt isolated and alone. Counseling helped me to see that I am not alone. The internet helped me to connect with other people struggling with daily issues that sound a lot like…
There is a page I follow that lately has ranted that it is not fair to be told by counselors and others that a person can’t be loved unless they love themselves. I’m going to alter that a bit to perhaps shine a different meaning on what is being said. Until I believed myself lovable,…
Emerging From Broken It was when I finally refused to pretend that everything was okay and I validated that what happened to me was wrong NO MATTER if I was believed or not, no matter if I was disapproved of or not, that was when I recovered. I validated me, I listened to me, I…
“The hurrier i go, the behinder i get.” From a poster on my wall from high school… I find links and save them for future posts after I read them. I learned the hard way, several times, that some authors will start out sounding terrific then slip in something that doesn’t set well with…
Last month I experienced a person taking advantage to me because of my not understanding how things were done at school. A month later, I knew I would encounter the same person. I decided to write an email to try to repair the problem. It didn’t work. I went to my supervisor and explained what…
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…
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…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 