My Personal Journey as a Trauma Survivor
Silence. Does such a thing really exist? I’m not so sure. My thoughts thunder like a triggered minefield. They criticize, they punish. They demand perfection. They repeatedly impose upon me the notion that I have nothing of value to share with the world. Negative thinking has been a part of my psyche for as long… Continue reading Battleground
Give a listen to this wonderfully inspiring and uplifting podcast as Alexis Rose discusses how she has learned to live with trauma and PTSD. https://www.survivingmypast.net/tools-and-insight-on-living-with-ptsd-with-author-and-survivor-alexis-rose/
When my inner child, Penelope, gets triggered, my body, mind, and emotions automatically catapult into fight or flight mode. Her number one impulse is to protect herself. She is reacting to perceived harm. These knee-jerk reactions are sometimes beyond my control. They happen so quickly that I, the adult Barbara, don’t have time to reassure… Continue reading Grounding: A Coping Tool for When I Get Triggered
For the past decade, my psychological and spiritual healing has been an upward spiral of understanding and acceptance as I come to terms with how my trauma has influenced my current belief system about myself and the world, and how it continues to affect my thoughts, feelings, and behavior in the present. I have learned… Continue reading How Do I Heal from Trauma?
Perhaps you have experienced occasions when you’ve “zoned out”. Times when your mind was somewhere else, maybe you’ve even lost track of time. These are usually harmless instances when one simply drifts away for a moment or two, as when one daydreams, or finds a conversation or a lecture boring. I experience symptoms of a… Continue reading Disconnect
While on my journey toward healing, I’ve learned about the importance of forgiving everyone who has ever caused me pain – not for their sake, but for mine. Forgiveness isn’t about letting them off the hook. It’s not about forgetting what they did to me. It’s about freeing myself from the burden of my past.… Continue reading The Healing Power of Forgiveness
I love this photo. It's not of me. I have no photo of myself that conveys what I want to share. To me, the woman in the photo seems to be searching for something that is just out of reach, which is what I am going through right now. I am not sure what has… Continue reading What is this I’m feeling?
