by Cathy Terranova | Apr 4, 2016 | Rethink Trauma
This week my mom sent me a link to a blog post that hit me really hard. The message came with simple instructions, “Read this blog”, but I don’t think either my mother or myself were prepared for the intensity of the message I needed to receive. The...
by Cathy Terranova | Nov 25, 2015 | Chronic Illness And, Rethink Trauma
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. All holiday is about to break loose. Here are some things that we, your mentally ill friends, need you to know about us as this season approaches. Holidays are hard. For a lot of us the holidays are filled with triggers....
by Cathy Terranova | Oct 14, 2015 | Caregiving, Rethink Trauma, Therapy
A friend asked me when I thought it would be appropriate to recommend that someone see a professional. It got me thinking about how we see “professionals” in the first place. Often going to therapy requires admitting some kind of defeat. It’s almost...
by Cathy Terranova | Sep 21, 2015 | Rethink Trauma, Uncategorized
This week I saw a video that was released on Lady Gaga’s VEVO channel by a group she is working in partnership with called The Hunting Ground. The video is in a larger sense connected to another group called It’s On Us. Lady Gaga performs a...
by Cathy Terranova | Aug 24, 2015 | Boundaries, Uncategorized
I once knew a lady who would say, “Don’t ask me how I am because I’ll tell you.” It’s a brave thing to tell people how we’re really feeling. I know with whom I can fake it, but there are some people in my life that when they...
