Rarely show outside scars. Trigger Alert articles may be triggering for some readers. Two articles came to my attention today. One comes from Lilly Hope Lucario sharing how she felt at the beginning of her journey of healing. https://healingfromcomplextraumaandptsd.wordpress.com/2013/04/28/complex-ptsd-is-an-isolating-severe-exhausting-disorder/ Her description so vividly described how I felt so often at the beginning of my healing…
Debates rage about PTSD and mental illness. Some say it is not an illness. Some say that they don’t want to be labeled mentally ill. Illness: a condition of being unhealthy in your body or mind : a specific condition that prevents your body or mind from working normally : a sickness or disease…
I am continuing down the list of things that I wished people knew about PTSD: http://medprecautions.com/23-things-i-wish-people-understood-about-ptsd/ I recommend following the link to the original post which shares their ideas on each one. Some symptoms do seem to go away on their own. Yes and no. The body has an incredible ability to heal from…
PTSD - Accepting, Coping, Thriving 