what you don’t know. This week I was reminded something taught to me by my first counselor. I was stumbling through several counseling sessions when I first started going, confused and resentful not understanding where he was trying to get me to go with my thinking. I couldn’t grasp what he was trying to say. …
I’m fairly sure the last one is not a word, but it needs to be. Thriving was not part of my vocabulary. I understood taking orders, I knew how to survive; it is like I knew how to drive a tank but didn’t know how to walk down a city street. I do believe some…
This week I wrote the keys for the students to correct their classwork about teaching children emotional intelligence. Unlike intellectual intelligence, the studies show that emotional intelligence is learned. I have permission from the teacher to share links and other information about how to teach children how to recognize, name, and work with their emotions. …
I posted this on my other blog: http://weareone-ruth.blogspot.com/2015/03/misbehaving-children.html I felt that it applied here too. Misbehaving children I am doing research to find information about why children misbehave. The interesting thing for me is I don’t think adults are much different. I am learning many things that would have helped if I knew this information…
PTSD Break The Silence People with PTSD can create and maintain good relationships by: Building a personal support network to help cope with PTSD while working on family and friend relationships Sharing feelings honestly and openly, with respect and compassion Building skills at problem solving and connecting with others Including ways to play, be creative,…
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…
I saw this meme on facebook sent me searching for where the quote came from originally, at least according to Mr. Google. I saw it posted from Ferrignot FIT. Here is what I found: “- If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means “first Attempt In Learning” – End is not the end, if…
I emphasize over and over again to use Baby-steps. There is a reason. A person suffering from PTSD had life experiences that left them feeling helpless at some point in their life. One of the after-affects is victim thinking….I am powerless, I can’t protect myself, I can’t meet my basic needs of safety, food and…
I first started doing my own research years ago…I do mean years ago. Shortly after I was married, my husband challenged me as to what I could learn if I didn’t have the restriction of school. For over 35 years I researched lots of different subjects. I learned how to sew from a book, how…
I am a big believer in education key to understanding mental illness. Unfortunately, Hollywood and other artists can add to the confusion more than they help. Tonight I turned off the TV in disgust because a favorite show was portraying the horrible awful bad murderous villian as a schizophrenic triggered by PTSD. Their script writer…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 