4 WAYS TO CHANGE THE WORLD

What’s happening in the world, and how can we change it? We are scared! Overwhelmed! Heartbroken! We work not to see many things we can’t even admit happened! What do we do to stop it? Can we stop it? Many…

Anxiety Understanding and Healing – Part 2

Anxiety Understanding and Healing – Part 2

As I mentioned in my last post, l learned more about anxiety through my experience with a medication that was to help me. It is taking longer than I would like to recover totally. My body adjusted to the meditation…

Anxiety Understanding and Healing – Part 1

Anxiety Understanding and Healing – Part 1

I thought I understood anxiety until my doctor put me on a new medication, then I learned so much more. Anxiety is fear of the future, and boy, did I have it. Fear of what I would do, not do,…

What if I Fail? What if I Succeed?

Fear of success and failure are the same coin, flip sides. One side says I am terrified of failing, the other of succeeding. The bottom line? The fear trauma put in us. This fear causes low self-esteem and how we…

PTSD & TRAUMA HEALING STEP 8

The last step in this series is how to treat yourself while healing. When traumatized, we are hurt, condemned, isolated, rejected, scapegoated, not loved, not cared about, abandoned, betrayed, etc. Now it is time for us to treat ourselves differently,…

PTSD & TRAUMA HEALING STEP 7

Be patient with yourself. I’m not healing fast enough! I will never get there! I keep messing up! It’s not working! Why can’t I do anything right? How long does it take to heal?! I hear these are common questions…

PTSD & TRAUMA HEALING STEP 5

Develop a healthy support system. A support system contains people who come alongside and help us get through life with all its good and not-so-good stuff. This can be a few people, a group, a religious organization, etc. The people…

PTSD & TRAUMA HEALING STEP 4

Find the resources you need to keep the healing process going. Sadly, therapy is expensive and time-consuming. Thank goodness there is insurance to help cover it. But deductibles and co-pays can be overwhelming. Also needed are gas, rides, etc. Often…

PTSD & TRAUMA HEALING STEP 3

Use healthy techniques that do not re-victimize you. In my profession, there are many techniques, approaches, theories, models, etc. They are not all safe. In the previous post, I encouraged you to check out therapists carefully. The same goes for…

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)

PTSD is the diagnosis for people who have suffered from trauma. Its symptoms include but are not limited to depression, anxiety/fear, anxiety attacks, flashbacks (repeating uncontrollable memories), hypervigilance, triggers, nightmares, overwhelming or unmanageable thoughts, repeating memories and emotions, isolation, anger/rage,…

HEALING AND GROWING

When we heal, we also grow. Growing is the development and maturing of us as unique spiritual beings physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. We develop and accomplish our unique, special divine purpose as we do. To grow, we often have…