Hi all, today I planned out this entire post and worked out the wording and now, blank, nothing, nada, zip. Heavy sigh. I sometimes have these brilliant ideas for posts but when it is time to write them my brain deleted it. Yup. No recovery. I used to fret about this until I realized that…
I chatted with my sister this morning and something she said triggered this great idea for a post. Now, I’m completely blank. I may or may not remember it later. My sister may comment and remind me or it really wasn’t all that brilliant idea and best left unposted. I worked many years in counseling…
One of the more unpleasant emotions is feeling stupid. Ever thought of that as an emotion? It has to do with how you feel and it often motivates a person to quit, give up, hide, or feel inferior. PTSD arranges many opportunities to feel stupid. One of the ‘glitches’ of PTSD is a gap in…
This is a link to 10 things not to say: https://annarosemeeds.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/ten-things-not-to-say-to-someone-with-ptsd/ I like what she wrote. I think it is worth your time to check it out. I am going to list the same 10 things not to say with my perspective. This is not a rebuttal. I am sharing a different view to perhaps…
Recently, I followed several pages for PTSD on Facebook. A trend that I am seeing is a number of posts that are wishing they could forget. What I am sharing is my experience. Forgetting sucks. I did forget. By the time I was in high school I could barely remember what happened in junior high. …
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 