PTSD and Depression

PTSD and Depression

              For those of us with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, symptoms can be any number of a wide variety. PTSD is an avoidance disorder it is the affect of your mind refusing to “deal with” or process trauma. Many...

“Take-A-Number”: Repost and Commentary

Posted 12/17/13: I have had a lot of contact here in the last few weeks with people who are supposed to represent clinics, doctors, and social workers. I don’t recall being treated like a human being by any if them. Instead of dwelling on being hurt, I’ve realized GOD...

“Anything that’s human is mentionable, and anything that is mentionable can be more manageable. When we can talk about our feelings, they become less overwhelming, less upsetting, and less scary. The people we trust with that important talk can help us know that we are not alone.”
― Fred Rogers

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Ripped Out Stitches

Maybe I’m getting ahead of myself, but this is fresh, so it’s what I’m going to share today. When you are healing, you are delicate. My doctor used to say, “It’s like you come in here every week for open heart surgery, then at the end of...