Tag Archives: coping mechanisms
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Trauma Triggers (part 2)
Posted on March 22, 2017 by admin in PTSD Blog.In the months following treatment for PTSD, I had a series of trigger failures. I hadn’t yet figured out how to stop my triggers from sending me into a downward spiral. I was exhausted trying to figure it all out. It was at this point that I knew I had to make a choice: confront […]
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Trauma Triggers (Part 1)
Posted on February 20, 2017 by admin in PTSD Blog.Triggers suck. There, I said it. Granted, that’s probably not the most eloquent way to start a blog post. But it is the most honest I can be about the way it feels to stumble around a psychological minefield of trauma triggers, hoping and praying that one doesn’t go off. In my journey of learning […]
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Tips on Managing Flashbacks
Posted on October 7, 2015 by admin in PTSD Blog.I am almost 5 years post-intensive PTSD/trauma treatment. Today I am 5 years older and a lot wiser in the ways of trauma and PTSD. Five years ago I just wanted to die. I didn’t care how it happened and had spent years thinking about how best to do that as I tumbled further and further […]
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Steps to Preventing Media-Induced PTSD
Posted on February 25, 2015 by admin in PTSD Blog.Terrorist attacks. School shootings. Racial injustice. Politics. Is that story in the news robbing you of sleep at night? Even though you know better, do you find yourself needing to read every article, blog post, FB post or Twitter post about the story and its horrible aftermath? Are you obsessively watching ongoing coverage and/or […]
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5 Coping Strategies for Navigating PTSD and the Holidays
Posted on December 17, 2014 by admin in PTSD Blog.You know the feeling. Its that stone cold fear you have in your gut when you realize that family commitments and obligations have your back to the wall. The important people in your life rightfully expect you to be fully present when family and friends gather for the upcoming holidays. Thing is, you’re unprepared for the ‘heart […]
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YOUR TRAUMA STORIES
Posted on July 29, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.Have you had a traumatic experience that’s left you struggling to cope in certain areas of life? Have you been robbed? Physically or sexually abused? Been the victim of domestic violence? Have you watched your house burn, witnessed a tragic accident, or experienced medical trauma or near-death experience? Have you endured the pain of abandonment or neglect? Have […]
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Broken Places. A View From the Other Side. (Part 4 of 5)
Posted on July 26, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.By Shelly Beach I was living in Michigan. Wanda was living somewhere in California–I had no idea where. And in that first phone conversation, she wasn’t ready to tell me. The only thing I knew for sure was that she wanted to die. And she had a plan to carry it out. Several […]
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Broken Places: A View from the Other Side, Part 2
Posted on May 7, 2013 by admin in PTSD Blog.By Shelly Beach I was living in Michigan. Wanda was living somewhere in California–I had no idea where. And in that first phone conversation, she wasn’t ready to tell me. The only thing I knew for sure was that she wanted to die. And she had a plan to carry it out. Several plans, in […]
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