Hope For The Broken Hearted The first step towards getting somewhere, is simply to decide that you are not going to stay where you are… then just move forward, one step, one day at a time…when you’re overwhelmed, I know that’s easier said than done, but do just one thing today to help yourself…do one…
How do you know you arrived at recovery if another set back occurs? Who sets the standard of recovery? I recently started following Voices of Glass, BoldKevin writes this post. http://voicesofglass.wordpress.com/2014/09/08/30-day-mental-illness-awareness-challenge-day-thirty/ I caught the end of his 30 day mental illness awareness challenge. His posts are awesome. His words hit right at the heart of…
Most people progress towards a goal with an expectation to keep moving forward. PTSD means set backs. Like driving an old jalopy you never know when a tire will blow, a part will fall off, or a water hose will spring a leak. I wonder what’s wrong with me that I can not keep moving…
A loaded question. Judy explored her perspective of why over on her blog http://theprojectbyjudy.wordpress.com/2014/09/04/why/ I’ve thought all day about her post. Did you know that to me one of the most important questions we can ever ask is Why? Why did I do that? Why am I reacting this way? Why am I waking at…
…with or without a name. From the age of 5 to 45 I had no name for the physical, emotional, and spiritual response that I had to living. My nightmares were dismissed as childish. My memories disappeared completely by the time I was in high school. Physical symptoms were disregarded as ‘you’re a teenager,’ ‘you’re…
To me, the first step in my healing process was to finally accept where I was in life. I tried denial and all it did was give me more time to bury myself deeper in muck and mire. Years ago, I moved to Tri-Cities, Washington, 3 cities, 3 rivers and 3 freeways. I kept a…
On Facebook I follow several PTSD pages. This one offered a free download on the basics of PTSD http://www.heartsmovingmountains.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=HMM&Screen=ptsd_basics Here is another link to start considering ideas to help combat anxiety associated with PTSD http://www.anxietybc.com/sites/default/files/adult_hmptsd.pdf I continue to search for more charts and webpages that address PTSD. If you know of a page that you…
Not me! Nothing all that bad happened to me. I don’t remember anything bad happening. Problems happen to everyone. Every kid has bad things happen. Its just part of growing up. Denial……If you don’t believe it happened then it didn’t happen, right? Wrong…..your body remembers. Your subconscious remembers. Your nightmare remembers. Denying anything is wrong…
PTSD is brutal. Severe dissociation is an elaborate hiding game from yourself. The most difficult challenge is to choose authenticity in a world that wants you to “Don’t worry, be happy.” Feeling what you feel when others tell you to ‘fake it until you make it’ is a difficult challenge. Sometimes I prefer to be home…
In the United States we celebrate Independence Day on July 4th. This day is in commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Courageous men worked together to create a separate nation from England. Most of the men that signed that document gave their lives, fortunes or what every it took to change the…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 