Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Originally posted on The Project: Me by Judy:
This was posted on FB, and I posted it here, recently. However, with this being the last weekend before Christmas, I thought it appropriate: More importantly, with how the reason for the season has been largely forgotten or shunned, I thought this was a good reminder. Thanks…
PTSD Facebook groups are working at sharing information about PTSD. Most of what I read is fairly accurate from the information I have. I am passing it along here and on my other blog. This is one of the best definitions I have read. I am a big believer that knowledge is power. Taking back…
Lately, I have read so many amazing blogs about PTSD. I was beginning to wonder if my little voice was worth putting out there. Well tonight, I was reading comments on one of those amazing blogs and I encountered this, “It is not like PTSD is permanent, like Manic Depression, it is learned so…
I was scrolling through my Word press reader. What pops up was an article specifically about battling anxiety. http://stressesanddresses.com/2014/10/07/5-tips-for-anxious-minds-panic-attacks/ I followed it and read the blog post. Anxiety is one of the biggie type symptoms for PTSD. I like her description of symptoms for anxiety. Take the time to read through her list. I recognize…
Songs are written – wars are fought – over a temporary thing called feelings. Every body has them right? Yes and no. Every child is born with the capacity to feel. Life experiences teach people to turn them off sometimes. Other people never learn how not to be controlled by them. One of the symptoms…
I finished my 30 day goal of publishing daily with only missing a few days. Goal over, I stopped. I have now proven that 21 days does not make a habit. Crumbs……so what happened to my resolve, did my get-up-and-go leave without me? Did I really commit to fulfill a goal without pushing into the…
Originally posted on The Project: Me by Judy:
Found this posted on FB from the Lessons Learned In Life page…
I am working on a series of questions over on my other blog. Today I stumbled on what I could say is pet peeve I have. Accountability. I am accountable for my behavior. Here is the link to my other blog: http://weareone-ruth.blogspot.com/2014/09/tell-me-one-thing-that-i-do-which-makes_26.html I am reiterating the same concept here. I finally decided that the thing…
Evan at Living Authentically posed this question: Take a moment to reflect on where you feel at home, and if you don’t feel at home anywhere – why not? Home is a loaded word for me. Growing up….the last place I wanted to be was home. It was a 4 letter word along with other…
Over on my other blog I am answering a series of questions asked by another bloggers daughter. This is where the questions came from: http://voicesofglass.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/questions-to-a-parent-with-mental-illness-a-new-challenge/ The original blogger Kevin is writing amazing answers. My answers are a few days later. I don’t read Kevin’s until after I write my own. I know my own mind’s…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 