Benbrook: The Battle for Harmony When Living With PTSD
Why does living with CPTSD have to be either living in harmony (a state of being in agreement or concord) or living in horror (an intense feeling of fear, shock or disgust)? Benbrook
Category: PTSD Recovery
Benbrook: Books On PTSD And Relationships
Benbrook: Books On PTSD And Relationships. A ‘partner’ is a person who sits outside of your day to day battle. It should be someone you trust, someone who is for you, someone who ‘sees’ the person you are trying to be and not the person you occasionally are.
Benbrook: PTSD and the Window of Tolerance
It never fails. I am going along, seemingly handling all the big deals in my life, balancing all the balls, spinning all the plates: family, job, continuing education for said job, bills, friends, and just when I feel like I have it all going for me… WHAM! The tiniest issue takes my feet out from under me and I’m a puddle on the floor.
Benbrook: Woman/wife/mother: PTSD + suicidal thoughts
Three days ago I was in crying desperately into my iPhone to my therapist from the torture of incessant and intrusive suicidal thoughts. The good news is that by today I am having to ‘lower’ my state of mind to write this post. Benbrook
Benbrook: CPTSD and PTSD survivors repeat after me…”I’ve got SUPERPOWERS!!”
John and his wife Mel have poured their blood, sweat and tears into creating awareness through this book and supporting CPTSD and PTSD survivors. AND IT SHOWS. Benbrook
Benbrook: EMDR – the PTSD or CPTSD survivor’s weapon
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy in which the person being treated is asked to recall distressing images – Wikipedia
For me, EMDR was a last resort. [cityname]
PTSD and The Risk Of Suicide In Benbrook
PTSD and The Risk Of Suicide In Benbrook. Every day we see and hear more reports of suicides whether in our military, veterans, first responders, health care workers, clergy, teens, elderly, women, men in Benbrook…. Do you see a pattern here? There isn’t one.
Helping a Partner with PTSD In Benbrook
Helping Partner With PTSD In Benbrook. A ‘partner’ is a person who sits outside of your day to day battle. It should be someone you trust, someone who is for you, someone who ‘sees’ the person you are trying to be and not the person you occasionally are.
PTSD Stigma And Stereotypes Among Police In Benbrook
Get ready to strap on Heroes, this is a bit of a wild ride in that Dr. King tells it like it is when it comes to PTSD stigma and stereotypes around the nation and right where you are in Benbrook.
Sexual Abuse And Human Trafficking Of Boys And Men In Benbrook
I wrote this piece of poetry after touring with a documentary on human trafficking that featured my story called, Stopping Traffic. At every show, I was confronted with questions bordering on accusations that sexual abuse and rape and human trafficking doesn’t happen to boys and men in places like Benbrook.