PTSD Self-Care; Post Traumatic Stress Self-Care in Houston
I looked out over the crowd in Houston, a mixture of both veterans and nonmilitary personnel. I asked What About Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Self Care? The room was quiet.
I looked out over the crowd in Houston, a mixture of both veterans and nonmilitary personnel. I asked What About Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Self Care? The room was quiet.
Houston Lack of sleep will make you cranky and out of sorts. It will affect your memory, may lead to accidents, weaken you immune system and even make you fat!
Here are 4 simple things I do when I am struggling with PTSD nightmares and flashbacks.
Houston: I think “#dealwithit – living well with PTSD” is a book for anyone who has lost it all. If you have been shot at, faced with sudden loss, blown up, screwed over (or in my case, screwed), this book is for you. I like to think of it as duct tape for the soul.” —Dr. John A. King
Houston : Everything I read in relation to PTSD recovery, seems to overlook diet. People don’t take into account the impact of chronic stress and trauma on our digestive tract.
Melissa and I figured out along the way that food impact how I was able to cope with events, days and even whole weeks of activities.
PTSD Recovery Coaching with Dr. John A. King in . I spent the first 20 years of my career doing training and coaching. When I had recall of what happened … Read More
The expression “Going Postal” derives from a series of incidents from 1986 onward in which United States Postal Service (USPS) workers shot and killed managers, fellow workers, and members of the police or general public in acts of mass murder. People would say “Hey did you hear that so and so went postal in Houston.
Houston, when a man’s your wife becomes his ‘caregiver,’ the natural order of marriage is destroyed. If a woman acts like your mother, it is impossible to be intimate with her.
During my latest wobble I lay in my bed, iPhone in hand and started Google’ing ‘How do you know you married the right person?’. Bonkers, right! Yes, I can say that now… Houston
PTSD or CPTSD, it’s going to be the same for all us SURVIVORS. When you finally find a new job to give a part of your wonderful self to it’s going to be very hard not to overcompensate for the existence of the not-so-wonderful elements of your ‘Self’. Putting yourself into the highest gear you can physically tolerate to drive in the opposite direction of living with your PTSD will only cause your nervous system to splutter and come to a stop. Houston
Not all women succumb to the calling of Mother Nature to find our mate for life and make babies. My friend and I did though, with bells and whistles. Maternal instinct and a need to make sure that our children never have to grow up with the same trauma we had to turns our lives inside out and upside down. Houston