Can become strengths, but not by themselves. I spent years trying to fix me. My counselor cautioned me to stop working so hard on my weaknesses every day. I was puzzled….how could a weakness become a strength if I didn’t work at correcting them. He was trying to help me see if my only focus…
Is the worse advice. They imply that you should live each day to the fullest because tomorrow you might die. Perhaps. Too many take this advice then they don’t die and have no plans for their own future. When I was 16 I didn’t believe I would live to see 18. I lived moment by…
My counselor taught me this concept, over and over and over again. He emphasized that how we view ‘facts’ can be reframed to change the meaning. I found an article that describes this process. http://changingminds.org/techniques/general/reframing.htm A frame, or frame of reference is a complex schema of unquestioned beliefs, values and so on that we use…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 