Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Yesterday, I went back to school to help my teacher to prepare for the new school year. Today, we sat through more meetings. I am tired of sitting today. I was proud of myself because the buses to take us to the district meeting left 10 minutes earlier than they said they would. I missed…
This past week I pondered an epiphany that totally altered how I viewed myself and events from my childhood. During my trip in June, I had the opportunity to visit with my first counselor that worked with me for 7 years and taught me so much about living. He moved on to another state but…
Finding the therapist that works well with you depends on more than pot luck. Unfortunately, the first counselor you see may not be a person that you can work with. On Facebook I follow Lilly Hope Lucario, she wrote an excellent article on some of the questions to ask a counselor. I recommend going to…
I am very careful with copyright laws. So unless I have permission from the artist I don’t post someone else picture. I try to quote and site words I share. If I make a mistake I will gladly make corrections. However, sometimes I come across some great posters that I wish I made. Next best…
Every so often I come across an awesome picture I want to share. I am very aware of copyright laws. I am thankful this person is willing to share. The picture is the link. http://boggletheowl.tumblr.com/post/41509206591/ive-been-getting-a-lot-of-these-lately-and-i
A comment over on ‘Signs of emotional abuse’ https://ptsd-acceptingcopingthriving.com/2016/06/23/signs-of-emotional-abuse/ pointed out that defending your space, trying to set the ‘record straight’, and other ways of protecting yourself and family may appear like emotional abuse. My DH tried to get me to see that my mother is not a safe person. I argued and suspected him…
Growing up a child does not get to choose what is taught. A child can be taught black is white and hate is right and cruelty is funny. Yes, I experienced some of these. So when a child hits teen years usually enough other people are in their life for them to doubt, question or…
I read several PTSD blogs to keep up on what other people are discovering and trying with PTSD. I appreciated the post over at Healing from Complex PTSD discussing the difference between a trigger and discerning current bad behavior. https://healingfromcomplextraumaandptsd.wordpress.com/2016/06/20/when-triggers-are-actually-intuition-discernment-lilly-hope-lucario/ My thoughts on the issue is that it isn’t a trigger if the bad behavior…
This week I was at an indoor park watching my grandchildren play while their Moms had a few minutes of Mom time. I was doing exactly what I always dreamed to be doing. My hyper-vigilance was a plus because I kept track of all of them in a sea of wiggling happy excitement of children’s…
I started counseling with my husband in marriage counseling. After several ‘failed’ homework assignments, the counselor asked me about my childhood. I chirped, “It was great, we went to the park, we went to the zoo. It was a great childhood.” He shook his head and persisted, “Tell me an average day.” He knew before…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 