It’s important to remember that your own well-being needs to come first, period. While helping others can be a key component of your healing journey, if this becomes too overwhelming, it’s time to scale back a bit. You are also likely to encounter situations in which you simply cannot save the person you’ve been determined […]
Welcome 2019: A New Year, A New Opportunity to Heal
Happy 2019! As we enter into a new year, it’s important to make a promise to yourself – or renew a promise to yourself – to continue moving forward on this healing journey. We’ve discussed many tangible ways in which you can mitigate the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder and keep these symptoms at bay, […]
Breaking the Stigma by Learning Acceptance
Oftentimes after being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, we have mixed feelings. This is because while it feels good to understand where many of the uncomfortable symptoms are coming from and why they’re there, now that we have this understanding, we may feel somehow separated from the rest of society. We feel as if we’ve […]
Using Cognitive-Behavioral Reframing to Eliminate Your Worst Fears
If you suffer from abuse-induced PTSD, you may have gotten very used to walking on eggshells in an abusive environment, feeling as if you could not say or do anything without being reprimanded or criticized. Often, those who struggle with symptoms of PTSD after leaving an abusive home – whether the abuser was a significant […]
Focusing on Matters of the Heart in order to Heal
Employing daily heartfulness techniques can help eliminate many of the most common symptoms of PTSD including paranoia, anxiety, worry, panic attacks and hypervigilance. These strategies can also ward off depression and seasonal affective disorder (SAD) which can exacerbate symptoms or coexist with PTSD and help one to feel more centered and in balance. Centering our […]
Popular Phrases of Predators: Healing from Abuse-Induced PTSD
Abuse doesn’t have to be physical. In fact, the emotional scars often outlast those inflicted on the body. Abusers also tend to either start the cycle with words, then things get physical, or they do both simultaneously. Rarely does one exist without the other. Those who have shared an intimate space with an abuser who uses […]