I joined two groups on Facebook that focus on living with and healing from PTSD. One of the moderators, Matt, posts some excellent links. This one is a review of the different symptoms for several disorders that sometimes overlapping leading to not quite right diagnosis which may prolong finding the best treatment. No small wonder…
I wanted to give encouragement after the suicide posts. But I don’t want to make it sound off the cuff like “Just stop it” or some other cliche. Survival of suicidal thoughts takes DETERMINATION. My friend has severe arthritis and her son took a picture of her struggling to sweep the floor because she wanted…
****WARNING – THOUGHTS about SUICIDE********** If discussion of suicide is triggering for you, skip today’s post and enjoy something fun: http://brainden.com/optical-illusions.htm * * I am slowly commenting on each part of an article by Lily Hope Lucario. She is a blogger that lives with C-PTSD. Her work is copyrighted which I deeply respect. I…
Sadness and sorrow and grieving are no longer accepted in society. Feeling these emotions is now taboo. The assault on sadness is long time story. I remember at the earliest age the concept of a British stiff upper lip, enduring without showing any emotion for great losses. As a child I was punished for being…
My super power was dissociation and my counselor took my super power away. Well, it felt like that. Dissociation is the ability to disconnect, disengage and not be there for an experience. Lilly Hope Lucario https://themighty.com/2017/08/life-impacting-symptoms-of-complex-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd/ Lilly agrees with me that dissociation is a coping tool. Works amazingly during times of extreme trauma. Using dissociation…
Is there a difference? Some people treat all shame as if it is toxic shame. I tried multiple times to read a book on shame. I was so confused within a few pages at it batted back and forth between shame and toxic shame. Dictionary result for shame – Google dictionary /SHām/ noun 1. a…
helpless. One of the symptoms of PTSD/CPTSD is a feeling of helplessness. However, my counselor taught me there are three kinds of helpless feelings. The first one is the type of helplessness that a small child has facing a raging adult. The child is helpless. No way they can take on the adult. This type…
The first time I was introduced to the inner child concept I didn’t get it. The second time I was introduced to the inner child concept I thought it was ridiculous. Yea. This was not gelling in my head. I was crowded enough I did not need one more insider. I lived with multiple personalities…
Every time I get on the freeway my enhanced hyper-vigilance is rewarded. I am super aware of cars changing lanes, speed demons racing up from behind and near misses that keeps my hyper-vigilance on alert. It is exhausting being super aware all the time of every person around. I didn’t know it was unusual. I…
A minor annoying experience suddenly goes haywire with emotions that are over-the-top extreme flashback. I am no longer a confident adult but a cringing terrified/angry/helpless child. I know logically that the event did not warrant the level of emotion that washed over me like tsunami. Several of these stood out in my memory. When I…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 