by Cathy Terranova | Jul 10, 2015 | Boundaries
I answer a lot of questions about DiD and PTSD. I answer questions about anxiety, trauma, depression, rape, and self-injury. I talk to people about verbal abuse, physical abuse, emotional abuse, and even spiritual abuse. Sometimes, I don’t want to talk...
by Cathy Terranova | Jun 24, 2015 | Uncategorized
Making friends is hard for anyone. Making new friends, for me, feels impossible sometimes. I know that lots of people feel the same. They get as nervous asking acquaintances out for coffee as they would if it was a date. Being in a new state has heightened these...
by Cathy Terranova | May 28, 2015 | Rethink Trauma
The reality of chronic abuse is that it deeply plants seeds of mistrust. Often, people who are abused find it nearly impossible to trust others. They may not even see their own issues because for them, distrust is a normal state of being. The unearthing of my own...
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 | Mar 9, 2015 | Chronic Heroes, Uncategorized
I met Kait in North Dakota, while we were on separate mission trips to the same place. She is, without question, a singular individual. She is caring, beautiful, funny, smart, artistic; the list is only exhaustive because so is the English language. For all of the...