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 6

Develop your spirituality. We are spiritual beings, having a human experience in a hard school called life. We are mind, body, and spirit. To be healthy, we must develop all parts of ourselves, especially our spirituality. It is our essence…

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, THE FIRST STEP TO HEALING

In the following posts, I will go over the steps to healing in more detail. First, we have to decide. Next and number one is “What do we do with all those feelings?” The answer? Feel them appropriately! All our…

PTSD HEALING

Trauma victims always have some level of PTSD, from mild to severe. Sadly, we see PTSD as long-lasting, hopeless, and even permanent. It is not! It is healable, and there is always hope. As victims, we must ask ourselves, “Are…

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…

HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD

Each of us can make our corner of this world different and better. Can you imagine what it would be like if everyone, or even most, did? We can smile, help, open a door, encourage, pick up trash, give food…

HEALING, IS IT WORTH IT?

Here is my correct website: www.drdonnalamar.com Healing from trauma gives us an excellent new start in life. We can get discouraged and need to remember why we are working at healing. Here are some reasons: When we choose it, we…

WHO IS DR. DONNA?

Who am I, and why am I writing all these blogs about healing? I am a doctor of psychology, a psychologist. I am a trauma specialist with a personal trauma history that I sometimes share if it helps people heal….

MORE ON WHY LOVE

We worked hard to survive, learn to love, and be loved despite what we endured being traumatized. We had to go beyond the pain and choose to heal and love instead of hate. If we do not choose healing and…

LOVE, WHY?

After the last post, I was asked why I would expose my history and struggles. I did it because we who have been traumatized are often shoved in a corner, shamed, made to feel less than others, and majorly not…