One of the hardest things to balance is healing and keep on with the business of living. Meals still need to be made, still going to work, still meeting with people that are important to me, still attending church, still grocery shopping….and right now I am spending a lot of time being Grandma. I’m having…
My sister and I walk and talk almost every Saturday. We end the walk with breakfast at P.Croissant. (Really yummy and soy free!) We share with each other our week. We live very different lives but we share history and understand each other. We chat about the things we write in posts, how events effect…
I am always on the look out for more ideas on how to cope. I am also aware that some families and friends want to help. I learned that without actually experiencing a flashback, trigger or some other PTSD/CPTSD symptom it is hard for them to know what to do. I like what this young…
Sometimes people don’t know what to say. One of the other bloggers I follow gave a great list of helpful words to say to someone with PTSD/CPTSD. However, please keep in mind that abusers use kind phrases and twist them to hurt their prey. So I’m giving you a heads up that these are not…
When I started my blog for PTSD it was one of the few non-military pages. I started it because I wanted to connect with others that understood life at the home front is sometimes more dangerous than the war front. Now more blogs are coming on board to share their experiences and understanding of PTSD…
Who needs enemies? An idiom that points out how some friends act more like enemies. Some family members are the worse thing that happen to a child. Growing up in unhealthy relationships, I didn’t know how to respond to healthy people. Self care concepts continued, #9: I struggle with making healthy relationship choices. I always…
Being married to a person with PTSD is tough. Ask my husband how difficult and unreasonable I can be. Counseling so many years ago started with marriage counseling. It quickly became obvious that very little marriage counseling could occur while I was so damaged and my thinking distorted by dissociation. My husband went with me…
This came up on my Facebook feed as a memory. I felt it was a good reminder for friends and family of someone with PTSD. Holidays often have multiple triggers attached to events. Plan ahead for possibilities and share possible coping skills to those you trust to help. Really, touch can be another layer of…
I talk openly about living with PTSD. Sometimes I am with my husband, DH Darling Husband. When we are together in contributes to the conversation and refers to OUR journey. His perspective is of seeing me suffer and work so hard and not being able to help. Or wanting to be there for me even…
I made plans. They got changed but I am struggling with letting go of the original plan. Last night in karate we were practicing actual physical contact with the idea of not hurting the other person but showing the move correctly. One of the other people did something I didn’t expect. I stood there frozen…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 