I am working on The PTSD Workbook, 2nd edition, Mary Beth Williams, PhD, LCSW, CTS and Soili Poijula, PhD. In their book, they refer to another book, A Clinical Handbook/Practical Therapist Manual for Assessing and Treating Adults with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (Meichenbaum 1994) the authors noticed that there are personality traits that influence how much…
A post on Facebook led to a link to an article with 49 phrases to use to calm an anxious child. I am going to explain how these can be used to calm an anxious adult, especially yourself: (My inner child needed lots of calming, especially when I was in counseling and remembering my past.) …
Anxiety is one of the leading and aggravating symptoms of PTSD. My daughter-in-law posted a link to an awesome article on anxiety. Not everyone with PTSD experiences anxiety. Not everyone with anxiety has PTSD. However, I believe this article can help people understand what she experiences with anxiety. She did label it with trigger warnings. …
What I do with that change is up to me. Pain can change you, but that doesn’t mean it has to be a bad change. Take that pain and turn it into wisdom. http://livelifehappy.com/life-quotes/pain-can-change-you/ One of the mind boggling things for me was that depression caused pain. PTSD has a pain factor involved too. …
It is easy to blame Christmas for the stress, frustration, melt downs, depression and other negativity around the season. However, if you look at it from the perspective that December 25 is a day like any other day it starts to become clear that it is not the day itself; our own expectations of the…
The holidays are in full swing, so are triggers, anxiety, and depression. I also love the Christmas lights the excitement and fun. The bustle, rushing and extreme expectations not so much. I decided that for the month of December I am posting tips and ideas for coping with high stresses of holiday festivities. Last month…
I share my experience with PTSD with dissociation at a severe level because I want to let others know they are not alone. I have no military experience. My combat zone was called home and neighborhood. The area I lived was considered a “good” neighborhood with plenty of doctors, lawyers and teachers. The worse abuser…
I like to share other people’s point of view. This is from Warrior’s Landing. Warrior’s Landing If you are wondering why you have difficulty surrounding holidays and/or anniversaries of traumatic dates – YOU ARE NOT ALONE. These dates can creep up on us and without realizing it often weeks or more before, the trauma Injury…
I woke up this morning thinking about sharing a sample plan and some inside thoughts on how I made my decisions. I don’t want PTSD to rule my life, but pretending it doesn’t affect my life sets me up for failure. Basic questions when creating a Plan for an event. When is the event happening?…
9/11 PTSD survivors need to plan how to cope during Painful Anniversaries. But I also believe that allowing ourselves to cry and grieve past hurts is healing. Acknowledging something happened was terrible reminds us that it really was not our imagination. 9/11 has a special significance for me because that is when I found out…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 