I joined a group that were creating scrapbook pages and encouraging each other. I was getting further and further behind now that I am working at school again, summer is over. Then I got totally hung up. The moderator of the group said to make a page about our favorite Fight Song….you know the one…
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope the video makes it through.
Hectic week but I am forging forward with the lists of best practice principles on Blueknot…https://www.blueknot.org.au/Workers-Practitioners/For-Health-Professionals/Resources-for-Health-Professionals/Best-Practice-Guidelines One of the difficult things about counseling is sharing an ugly past. They point out that diminishing, discounting, and ignoring what happened are all part of the issues centered on sharing past events. Blueknot points out several parts of…
I was once asked by a counselor what aspects of my life were impacted by PTSD. Simple answer, “All of it.” There is not one part of my life left untouched by PTSD, or some people are calling multiple event trauma Complex PTSD. I struggled with understanding how deeply I am affected. I was raised…
I entered counseling with the idea of getting marriage counseling. After years of raising kids I felt like there was this stranger in my house that I was married to. I was in for a real shock when after 2 months the counselor explained that my reactions to the homework assignments were not what he…
I’m in my third week of school and I feel like I am 2 weeks behind. I’m doing homework for school at home. I’m staying a little late each day just trying to tread water. I’m not gaining ground. So what do I need to do to reprioritize my choices so that I am at…
Communicating respect and hope is an on going challenge with an abuse survivor. https://www.blueknot.org.au/Workers-Practitioners/For-Health-Professionals/Resources-for-Health-Professionals/Best-Practice-Guidelines The problem is getting the client to know what it is. A long term abuse survivor only knows disrespect and cruelty. The whole respect thing is like a foreign language. Also a survivor can spot insincerity in a heart beat. If…
Sometimes when I talk about having PTSD the response I get is “You’re too normal.” First off, normal is a setting on a drier. Yes, I am high functioning because I worked hard at it. People seeing me now don’t know about the 3 years in bed, the 7 years towards recovery layered on with…
I am working through definitions of the different types of abuses. I saved emotional abuse for last since to me it is the beginning to all the other abuses. Without emotional abuse the other abuses would not happen. The first step or the beginning of abuse is to view the child as less than human. …
I like to do meme busters but I also recognize when a meme hits a hard truth and puts into words what I did not want to say. Someone posted that this was obvious but for me before counseling it wasn’t You don’t need to set yourself on fire to keep someone else warm. Actually…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 