I spent a bunch of my counseling with homework reading books. I have some of them listed on my resource page. https://ptsd-acceptingcopingthriving.com/resources/books/ I shared the books I thought were helpful. I did not make a complete list of everything I read. Too much to share and some of it I actually threw the book across…
If you follow other blogs or groups online eventually you will come across someone recommending Pete Walker or one of his books. Someone asked me if I read his books when I was in counseling….no. He hadn’t written them yet. When I started my therapy, Complex PTSD wasn’t on the horizon yet. My counselor reluctantly…
Universities are starting to publish articles on PTSD, of course CPTSD is not mentioned because it is not yet an “official” diagnosis. Here’s the link to the article. https://www.uab.edu/news/youcanuse/item/10726-ptsd-is-not-just-for-veterans-it-s-a-trauma-disorder-that-affects-millions The part I get frustrated is the bending of the causes to fit their agenda: “We must see PTSD, and other trauma-related disorders, as mental health…
I wanted to share this link and it posted the whole blog page. Blog stuff still surprises me from time to time. I found it shared on a Facebook page but wanted to get the original person credit. So here is the whole thing. http://ptsdconfessions.tumblr.com/post/159472319606/so-here-are-the-books-sorry-they-look-so-blue
Kids experience PTSD. Too often instead of recognizing PTSD children are labeled over sensitive, trouble makers, or other acting out behaviors. I came across a sheet of tips for parents and teachers about PTSD in children. Many of the suggestions work for adults too. Click to access PTSDTipSheet81310.pdf Update: Be careful following some of the…
Working to understand children helps me to understand me. Hints and tips on the Understood.org pages are designed to help understand how children with learning disabilities may feel. Here is something to consider. Some people with PTSD also have learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury TBI, or other challenges that sometimes leads to having PTSD or…
I spent 10 years in counseling. I lived with PTSD for over 50 years. This past year, I had so much going on in my life I wanted to walk away from everything to do with PTSD. I considered just letting all this go and focus on being a grandma, wife, and teacher’s aid. Delving…
I am always looking for others that are sharing information about CPTSD/PTSD. One of the blogs I found from Facebook has some great information. I am reading more and more of the pages and Lilly Hope Lucario is web page I feel I can recommend. Nice thing about read different pages is you get different…
I came across an interesting article that lists that different ways that toxic people use to manipulate and confuse their victims. The article is interesting, however the picture at the top may be triggering for some people. http://thoughtcatalog.com/shahida-arabi/2016/06/20-diversion-tactics-highly-manipulative-narcissists-sociopaths-and-psychopaths-use-to-silence-you/ I am familiar with many of these and on the receiving end of quite a few. Counseling,…
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…
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