by Cathy Terranova | Apr 30, 2015 | Rethink Trauma
I read a post this week on TheMighty.com about a girl whose illness was brushed off in an abrupt and painful way. Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month, I thought I’d share about what it’s like to have similar things happen to you with respect to...
by Cathy Terranova | Apr 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
When you have a chronic illness you learn to recognize the ends of yourself. Unfortunately, the ends of yourself approach more rapidly than they do for people without illness. The brick wall called fatigue meets you smack in the face and knocks you over just when it...
by Cathy Terranova | Apr 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
I keep hearing this: Things could be worse. You could be blind, you could lose your legs, you could always be worse. However rationally accurate this argument can be, it isn’t healthy or fair. Maybe, if I were Jesus, I’d feel differently because I...
by Cathy Terranova | Mar 1, 2015 | Rethink Trauma, Uncategorized
Sitting at a picnic table out side at my community college’s Woodbridge campus I heard the most difficult piece of advice I ever fully accepted. Little did I know that it was coming from a recovering alcoholic and even now I couldn’t have guessed how this...
by Cathy Terranova | Feb 25, 2015 | Rethink Trauma
I’ve recently moved states, as in, yesterday. It can be difficult for someone with Dissociative Identity Disorder to make large changes. I get agitated and confused. I’ve lost all sense of where on Earth I am. As I create new memories and become acquainted...
