I saw this on Both Sides of the Wall https://bothsidesofthewall.wordpress.com/2015/01/31/quote-6/ I also tried to find who originally said the quote. I found a similar quote but not this particular quote. I like it. It is direct. Honest. Amazingly hopeful when you think about it. As long as I am looking over my shoulder wishing for…
Today’s inspiration comes from Bold Kevin at https://voicesofglass.wordpress.com/2015/01/24/my-worlds-beneath-the-covers/ His post on books was a delight to read this morning. I struggled with reading but our school librarian introduced me to Mrs. Piggle Wiggle, The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, and other delightful stories. My grandchildren are now old enough to enjoy these fun stories. …
I talk often about accepting PTSD. Then I talk about changing how I function. I learned from experience that I have to accept where I am before I can move on to something different. I was moving to a new city and wanted to show my parents where I lived. The third time I got…
On Facebook PTSD Break the Silence shared the symptoms of Complex-PTSD. The people that decide what goes into the Psychology DSM-5 book did not place Complex-PTSD as separate from PTSD. They are similar enough that they didn’t consider complex-PTSD merited another heading. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/05/18/dsm-5-released-the-big-changes/ If you wonder why I am including this information, please, be aware…
Early in our marriage my husband and I moved around to other parts of the country. Leaving family, friends and jobs behind. We tried different places and different occupations and raised a family. In the process of moving, I discovered most people really don’t want to know all that much about you. You can become…
Telling my story was essential to turning my life around and healing the hurt in my soul. As I started to remember and piece together my past my counselor gave me several cautions. I will share with you what I learned. 1. The mind does not remember events in a nice, neat orderly chain of…
From reading the many meme’s wishing they could forget, people seem to believe that forgetting is the key to moving forward. Interestingly, I had to go back and remember for me to go forward. I needed to know what happened so I could understand my reaction and behavior today. I needed to process past hurts…
Recently, I followed several pages for PTSD on Facebook. A trend that I am seeing is a number of posts that are wishing they could forget. What I am sharing is my experience. Forgetting sucks. I did forget. By the time I was in high school I could barely remember what happened in junior high. …
Getting a category that fits my situation more accurately. One of the pages on Facebook shared this link: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/PTSD-overview/complex-ptsd.asp Long exposure to abuse usually means long term effects. I accept that PTSD is manageable for me but I doubt that it will ever be gone from my life. I lived with it since I was…
The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on Building the new ~ Socrates Sounds good, logical, the right thing to do. However, I learned on my journey that I first needed to survey the damage in my life. I needed to acknowledge my life was a…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 