Too often, people sit on the sidelines waiting for life to bring the answers to them. I am a big believer that if you need inspiration, go looking for it. I read books, movies, blogs, Facebook Memes, and every bit of information I can find to inspire and lift me. There is plenty to bring…
Prayer – Meditation – Spiritual communication – Be Quiet – Pause – Reflect – Gratitude There are entire books dedicated to Prayer. Web pages by the hundreds devoted to meditation. I am no expert on the subject. I am sharing what works for me. In my opinion, prayer/meditation is a powerful coping skill. I will…
Knocked down again and again and again. Discouraged and little and afraid. A child so small so hurt so tired. One of the counseling sessions I had years ago, we discussed my dissociation. My counselor explained that everyone does it to a degree. http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/dissociation-and-dissociative-disorders He went on to say that with children, psychologist don’t understand…
I was teaching a class on emergency preparedness. As each person walked in the door, I handed them a band aid. After everyone was settled, we started. I asked people to list all of the possible emergencies that can happen. They started rattling off things like losing a job, car accident, lost child, earthquake, flooding,…
We are the generation of stress. Hans Selye gave it a name and description http://www.stress.org/about/hans-selye-birth-of-stress/. He taught us about fight or flight then freeze was added. Taught us about the reptilian brain otherwise known as the amygdala*. Unfortunately, few people read his original work any more. Layers and layers of connotation were added to his…
“If you want the rainbow, then you must have the rain.” ~Annette Hanshaw TW sent some suggestions on going to sleep in comments. Whoa! 15 min. to “shut it down?!” Maybe it seems excessive to “use” this much time (as I do) but it’s not like I’m not “accomplishing” stuff, just substituting “mindless chores” and…
Huge topic….let me tell you. There is so much to write about this. It will have its own set of pages. Emotions is what life is made of, unfortunately with PTSD either they are shut off completely or buzz around like static or fling you are around like an ape in a rage. PTSD attacks…
Religion is a tough subject to tackle for a variety of reasons. We come from a variety of backgrounds, countries, faiths, religions and experiences with religion. One of the most difficult aspects is the cruelty that some experience that I refer to as Bible Bashing, abusers using scriptures and their version of what God thinks…
Trauma = boundaries violated. If you never have a boundary, how do you teach them? A child knows only what is given. If they are given misinformation, they learn misinformation. It is possible to teach a child that black is white, that good is bad, that hunger is wrong, and hurting is ‘normal’. Twisted thinking…
Major groan subject…Boring….been there done that. Why have such a dull post? “I was also sick of my neighbors, as most Parisians are. I now knew every second of the morning routine of the family upstairs. At 7:00 am alarm goes off, boom, Madame gets out of bed, puts on her deep-sea divers’ boots, and…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 