I get concerned when I read the posts on Facebook that lament that there is no cure for PTSD. They share feelings of being stuck. Crippled for life. Unable to move forward. In my opinion there are many things that have no cure but it is my attitude and how I approach the situation that…
One of the PTSD pages I liked on Facebook asked people to write in 4 words the best advice they received. This was what people shared…. PTSD Support And Recovery What is your best advice in 4 words? Survive for five minutes……amazing how long I lived 5 minutes at a time…a whole day was too…
I knew when I was in high school that I was a bit odd. When I complained to my dad he reassured me I was like every other teenager. Well, I talked to my friends and I kept feeling that there was something wrong with me. I passed out in high school, my friends didn’t. …
What does humility have to do with PTSD? From Wikipedia I found this bit of information… The term “humility” comes from the Latin word humilitas, a noun related to the adjective humilis, which may be translated as “humble”, but also as “grounded”, “from the earth”, or “low”, since it derives in turns from humus (earth).…
Facebook works like email used to, it brings me inspiration and encouragement everyday. I cheer with family and friends that are making steps forward and mourn with those that are hurting. I chose pages that lift me up and friends that share pages that lift them up. Today is a poem that I first saw…
Can anything good come out of childhood trauma? I read several articles that all relate to each other in my head. Hopefully I can share them with you in a way the makes sense. Resolving Post-traumatic Stress is a web page that is maintained by a therapist. He explains in a fairly straight forward way…
I learned this from David Rutherford team Froglogic: http://www.teamfroglogic.com/ I decided to do a bit of a search to find out what others thought of this quote. The best answer Yahoo came up with was “since you survived yesterday and yesterday is over with….that is the easy day.” https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=A0LEVvOCwaZV7EUAquYnnIlQ;_ylu=X3oDMTE0dTNjYXM4BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM2BHZ0aWQDRkZYVUkzNV8xBHNlYwNzcg–?qid=20100311192257AA2OCIz&p=the%20only%20easy%20day%20was%20yesterday This is the answer that resonated…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 