Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
This was supposed to happen yesterday. It didn’t. I am paying for ignoring my body’s quiet plea to slow down a little. I’m doing all sorts of good cool stuff but just a little too much (a lot too much.) I keep trying to not allow PTSD to run my life but ignore it too…
I keep a look out for any information I can find on insomnia. This article covers some of the information that matches my experiences. http://www.complexptsd.info/Insomnia-and-PTSD.html I am always looking for ideas that help. Unfortunately, getting more sleep means an increase in nightmares. Ugh. The other way I use lack of sleep is to keep anger…
Howie Mandel shares his challenges with OCD. This is the video I saw recently and I had to listen several times to pick up on the two words that changed his life, “Me, too.” http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/19/howie-mandel-bell-lets-talk_n_6501382.html This is a “Me, too” blog for PTSD. I am sharing what I experience and the challenges I encounter and…
My sister brought my attention to Scott Williams. We’ve discussed his posts on more than one occasion. The particular post that caught my attention is on Resilience. http://scott-williams.ca/2015/01/13/resilience/ Several things that I noted. First, he gives a clear definition of what he means. I was curious because one of the things my counselor said to…
I talk often about accepting PTSD. Then I talk about changing how I function. I learned from experience that I have to accept where I am before I can move on to something different. I was moving to a new city and wanted to show my parents where I lived. The third time I got…
I have a lot of respect for the military. I appreciate what I’ve read written for them. It gave me a starting point and a feeling of support. I also used several ideas from the articles I read. PTSD Break the Silence is one of the Facebook pages I follow. Their perspective is from the…
On Facebook PTSD Break the Silence shared the symptoms of Complex-PTSD. The people that decide what goes into the Psychology DSM-5 book did not place Complex-PTSD as separate from PTSD. They are similar enough that they didn’t consider complex-PTSD merited another heading. http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2013/05/18/dsm-5-released-the-big-changes/ If you wonder why I am including this information, please, be aware…
I was only 5 years old when he gave his famous “I have a Dream” speech. I grew up hearing about him and hearing criticism of him. I was older by the time I started really paying attention to the raging debates. I believe the thing I admire most is his willingness to stand up…
Getting a category that fits my situation more accurately. One of the pages on Facebook shared this link: http://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/PTSD-overview/complex-ptsd.asp Long exposure to abuse usually means long term effects. I accept that PTSD is manageable for me but I doubt that it will ever be gone from my life. I lived with it since I was…
Reviewing life at the end of the year, between Christmas and New Year is an ideal time for me to think about what happened this past year. It is easy to get bogged down in the crumby stuff, the conversations that turned ugly, fears that got the upper hand, and generally a beat-myself-up session can…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 