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Dear Diary
Dear Diary is the reason for this blog, the foundation of what motivates me to write and share. In this series of posts, you will journey with me in real-time as I process my trauma and navigate PTSD:
- 4 Days in the Dark & Realizing Emotional Strength
- A Box of Memories Shattered
- A New Memory
- Anxiety was my Alarm Clock Today
- Am I Letting Myself off Easy?
- As the Clouds Part
- Back to the Beginning
- Dear Sister, I love you
- Even Warriors Get Tired
- Exploration, Expression, Containment
- Flashbacks, Nightmares, Chaos
- Grief and I know Each Other Well
- How my Child can Trigger my PTSD
- I am picking myself Back up Today
- I Dreamt of Death Last Night
- I haven’t Accepted it Yet
- Keeping Up With the Current
- Knock Knock- It’s Your Old Friend Avoidance
- Learning How to Cope
- Morning Reflections
- My Abuse & My Marriage
- My Trauma Response is Avoidance
- One Foot in Front of the Other
- So Many Questions, So Little Trust
- The Anniversary of His Suicide
- The Reality of Trauma Recovery
- The Weight of Dates
- Validating my Grief
- When Emotions get Big
- When My Words Fall Silent
- When Trauma and Identity Cross Paths
Childhood Memories
As you read this series you will travel with me through different childhood memories. Many of them fragmented and scattered across the timeline of my childhood out of order. Some of them good; some the real-life narrative of an abused and terrified little girl.
Therapy, Treatment Techniques, and Coping
In this series of posts, I reflect on the things I am learning in therapy. As I move into my second year of EMDR therapy coupled with CBT therapy read as I share techniques, therapy practices, and coping/self-care tips for those living with PTSD due to trauma:
- Behind the Letters P T S D
- Facing my Childhood: How it all Started
- My Story: A Childhood of Abuse, Neglect, and Fear
- 7 Reasons Why I Share my Story of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- How Connecting with Other Survivors Helps me Cope with My Childhood Abuse
- 11 Things Trauma Survivors Need to Know as They Begin Therapy
- 14 Positive Affirmations for Trauma Survivors
- 5 Reasons my Trauma Pisses Me Off
- 6 Ways the Past can Complicate Relationships in the Present for Trauma Survivors
- 7-Points
- C-PTSD: 10 Unusual Symptoms you Didn’t Realize were Connected
- Why a Hobby is so Important to Self-Care
- Why I am taking SAM-e for Depression
- The Best Advise I Ever Received for Dealing with Anxiety
- I Write to Heal
EMDR & PTSD Mini-Series:
Check out my About Me page and I’ll introduce myself.
Thanks for reading.
