Sometimes Being is Enough
You don’t always have to be strong. Sometimes the best you can do is just Be. When you are feeling overwhelmed with depression or anxiety, just be. You don’t always have to be strong. You don’t always...
View ArticlePtsd, C-ptsd and Major Life Changes
Change can be terrifying for people with PTSD or C-PTSD. There are unknown triggers awaiting you. If you have PTSD then you like to avoid triggering places, experiences, songs, people, and sensory...
View ArticlePTSD and Drawing Fuel Away from the Cerebral Cortex
This is going to be a stream of consciousness post because I woke up too early and I am having some anxiety and cannot go back to sleep yet. I am feeling some post traumatic stress and my brain is into...
View ArticleYou are Special and Unique in the World
You are unique. There is only one person with your experiences, your talents and your inner light. The people who really see you and value you are the ones to hold close. Anyone who tries to push down...
View ArticleTriggers, Emotional Flashbacks and PTSD
Triggers suck. For people into NLP triggers are called NLP anchors. The difference is that NLP anchors can be good or bad. They might be pre- existing from a past trauma or created to ease the effects...
View ArticleStigma about Mental Illness causes People to Put Off Seeking Diagnosis and...
“What is Stigma? · An attempt to label a particular group of people as less worthy of respect than others · A mark of shame, disgrace or disapproval that results in discrimination · Not just a matter...
View ArticleA quote a Day for Three Days…Today a quote of my own
They say that if you keep a tiny candle lit in a car that is broken down and lost in below zero temperatures that it will save your life and keep you from freezing to death. I say that if that tiny...
View ArticlePost Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Compromises Your Immune System
If you have PTSD , you might find that you are having physical reactions to the stress and you are sick more often. PTSD can cause a variety of problems that come from interference with the normal...
View ArticlePTSD and Executive Function Problems from Trauma, Abuse and Depression – New...
If you have PTSD from trauma or C-PTSD from on-going trauma you may be having problems organizing tasks and managing your time. Executive function is a process that is controlled by the frontal lobe of...
View ArticleYou are Not Your Mental Illness
About 1 in 5 people in the U.S. and England suffer from some kind of mental disorder. Other European countries have similar statistics from about 27 percent to 30 percent. Studies in South Africa say...
View ArticleScam School YouTube Video – Magic Tricks and Fun Stuff to Mess with People’s...
This video is really fun. They have these little tricks that you can make from common objects that you would have in your house or in your purse. They set up the trick and ask people to try to figure...
View ArticlePTSD Neurology meets Psychology
The following definitions of the Hippocampus, the Amygdala and the Pre-Frontal Cortex are from a worksheet provided online from the Get Self Help web site. The link to their site is...
View ArticleColoring for Mental Health – Mental Illness Anxiety Depression PTSD
Check out this web site for free coloring pages. There is a section for art therapy for anti-stress. There are other adult pages under various categories like Zen, Egyptian, Return to Childhood,...
View ArticleAccepting Emotions and Healing Old Wounds – Emotophobia
Instead of trying to stop feeling the emotions that you feel, when you see them as negative emotions, show yourself love. Accept the emotions you are feeling. Investigate within yourself and find out...
View ArticleLiving with PTSD
It is a terrible thing to feel unsafe. Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome causes the sufferer to feel unsafe. The feeling of lack of safety is disabling. It creates mental torment and physical sensations...
View ArticleDepression, Loneliness and Invisible Illness
Depression and lonliness can exist together, but they are not exactly the same thing. Lonliness is something experienced by all people at some point but it is not always accompanied by depression....
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