Is it possible to be assertive in a life and death situation? I don’t think so because assertive implies that the person you are talking to is not a homicidal death threat. People that experience PTSD lived in a life and death situation at some point in their life. Kind of a prerequisite symptom is…
The secret of change is to focus all your energy, not on fighting the old, but on Building the new ~ Socrates Sounds good, logical, the right thing to do. However, I learned on my journey that I first needed to survey the damage in my life. I needed to acknowledge my life was a…
Knocked down again and again and again. Discouraged and little and afraid. A child so small so hurt so tired. One of the counseling sessions I had years ago, we discussed my dissociation. My counselor explained that everyone does it to a degree. http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/conditions/dissociation-and-dissociative-disorders He went on to say that with children, psychologist don’t understand…
PTSD is brutal. Severe dissociation is an elaborate hiding game from yourself. The most difficult challenge is to choose authenticity in a world that wants you to “Don’t worry, be happy.” Feeling what you feel when others tell you to ‘fake it until you make it’ is a difficult challenge. Sometimes I prefer to be home…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 