Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
If you read yesterday’s post of Maladaptive Schema http://weareone-ruth.blogspot.com/2015/05/maladaptive-schemas.html and find yourself saying, “That is so me.” By the end of the list, I felt very discouraged. I felt like some research wrinkled gnome just wrote out the worst part of my life for the whole world to see. But that is just it, I…
https://www.facebook.com/oldguard/videos/984024124955030/?fref=nf This link is in honor of all those we remember this weekend. Those that gave the ultimate sacrifice and fallen protecting the freedoms I enjoy. I also remember those that are alive and suffering from loss of limbs, loss of friends, loss of the kind that war brings. I pray for all soldiers everywhere…
Just for fun, Thanks Judy for sharing this one.
One of the symptoms of PTSD is physical, emotional, mental, or time based blackouts. Physical blackouts you find yourself on the floor wondering what the hell just happened. You may have injured yourself on the way down. They can come on slowly or as fast as turning off a light switch. Trigger induced or just…
This is some information I found on Facebook. Thanks to those that tirelessly share information. ~~ Factors Affecting Healing/Recovery From PTSD/Complex PTSD ~~ There are many factors that do impact the healing journey, the length of the journey, how much healing will be possible. Some survivors of PTSD who claim to be ‘healed’ forget these…
I was asked to share my list of supplements…..before I do, please, do your homework? Supplements are added to a diet to aid in gaining optimal health. People complain that there are so many contradictions, that’s easy, people are so different from each other. What helps one person is useless for someone else. I can…
I try to share how to better manage living with PTSD. Lately, I listened to someone talk about not depression but feeling empty. She expressed frustration when others tried to call that feeling depression, she was right that empty feeling makes depression almost reasonable. I suffered severe depression. I lived through cancer. The emptiness is…
I past some of my PTSD symptoms to my children. They are adults now and I pray they will see my dysfunction and learn from it instead of repeating it. My Positive Outlooks I don’t want my children to follow in my footsteps. I want them to take the path next to me and go…
Information is available if you know where to look on the signs and symptoms of child abuse. One of the more disturbing statistics is the one that I saw that stated over 50% of people with PTSD are child abuse survivors. Even more disturbing is how high a percentage of children they suspect suffer from…
Originally posted on The Project: Me by Judy:
…posted on FB:
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 