by Cathy Terranova | Sep 1, 2014 | Uncategorized
I saw this Post Secret postcard today. Amid the chaos in the news and on Facebook and Twitter and every other social media I want to tell this girl, “It isn’t easier.” It isn’t any easier to be white than to be any other race. I am white....
by Cathy Terranova | Aug 25, 2014 | Boundaries, Rethink Trauma, Uncategorized
Phobias are a real thing. They are severe, pervasive, and debilitating. When your frontal lobe (reasoning center) shuts off because you are terrified by the prospect of whatever the stimulus is it is more than just being scared of a bug. There are things I can’t...
by Cathy Terranova | Aug 18, 2014 | Rethink Trauma, Uncategorized
Everyone’s life is different. It’s just the truth. It seems that there are just as many disabilities as abilities and we see story after story of people overcoming obstacles. I just saw that someone- that I admit I was not particularly fond of in high...
by Cathy Terranova | Jul 28, 2014 | Rethink Trauma
Decapitation and other severed body parts are common in surrealist art, especially, of the female form and I can’t help but feel like this woman. Often. It seems lately that for every step I take forward, several are lost. For the amount of hours I clock with my...
by Cathy Terranova | Jul 14, 2014 | Rethink Trauma
I was inspired this week by a friend, Kait, who could tell you the first, second, and third thing about struggling with chronic illness. She posted about having to give up an opportunity to study abroad in order to begin a more intensive medical regimen to push...
