Embracing Triggers
I’m not sure I am ready….yet, this was what I did in my 10 years of counseling. Embraced one trigger, fear, incident, memory at a time, even if they tried to crowd forward all at once my counselor...
View ArticleLooking for help
One of the challenges of looking for help is finding someone that understands PTSD. The second challenge is the mistaken belief that they can fix you. I started counseling with the vague idea that...
View ArticleTrigger or Discernment?
I read several PTSD blogs to keep up on what other people are discovering and trying with PTSD. I appreciated the post over at Healing from Complex PTSD discussing the difference between a trigger and...
View ArticleMatching Sizes
I wrote this for my other blog but I believe this applies here too. I get news of conferences for education. One of them pointed out an issue that children and those with PTSD struggle....
View ArticleFamily Roles
I became unreasonably dismayed that my online art therapy teacher asked me to make a family tree as one of the projects. I pushed pause and walked away. (Nice advantage of an online class.) I took all...
View ArticleInstant fail
The next item on Pavelka Toolbox Pavelka Health Revolution is the Magic of 3…..List 3 things I want to accomplish the next day and place it in a prominent place. For me, it is an instant fail because...
View Articlethe 4Fs
Most people are aware of the two stress responses Fight or Flight. Back in 1920, Walter Cannon coined the phrase that I grew up with all my life....
View ArticlePlan ahead…..
Canada’s Thanksgiving day already happened. In the United States we are coming up on the Holiday blitz – Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years followed by Valentine’s day. After my third year...
View ArticleHow to help someone with a flashback
This came up on my Facebook feed as a memory. I felt it was a good reminder for friends and family of someone with PTSD. Holidays often have multiple triggers attached to events. Plan ahead for...
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