by Cathy Terranova | Apr 1, 2014 | Rethink Trauma
There are times when I get indescribably sad. I can’t help but see my peers graduating college, getting great jobs, having children, and making stir for social change and not succumb to the lie that exists deep in my heart, but also at the surface of my skin:...
by Cathy Terranova | Mar 22, 2014 | Rethink Trauma
Jenny Cutler-LopezI became what I am today at the age of twenty-two. Through my hospital window, I watched clouds float across a summer sky. I saw a group of people laugh together as they walked across the parking lot, flowers in hand. A lawnmower buzzed in the...
by Cathy Terranova | Mar 10, 2014 | Rethink Trauma
I don’t normally write about myself. My blog is full of things I think and sometimes feel. But I realized that I rarely do these getting-to-know-you sorts of things. I figure, knowing about me is the best way to understand why my need for help is so acute. I love...
by Cathy Terranova | Mar 4, 2014 | Rethink Trauma
There is a ton of misinformation about trauma and trauma related disorders. Movies make mental illness into a weird, glamorous thing, where you cry a lot and get to make terrible decisions. I don’t actually cry a lot and I’m still held accountable for most of my...
