For Survivors of All Types of Trauma
Tweaked, Freaked or Post-Traumatically Stressed Out? Wondering how it can hurt so bad when you can’t feel a thing? Pull up a cyber blankie and click on the categories below sorted as follows:
- Literary Inspirations. You aren’t broken – just symptomatic. Quotes & writing.
- Research & Talks. Trauma sucks but you don’t.
- Get Back In Your Body if staying with sensations is harder than doing a Rubik’s cube wearing a blindfold.
- If you want to cry but can’t find release go to Music & Songs to court your tears.
- Go to Movie / TV Scenes if you want to stop obsessing or seek momentary distraction.
- Love Notes to Your Nervous System (Notes from Trauma Survivors to Trauma Survivors)
- Lemonade People Project To read about the real experts – inspiring trauma survivors helping others.
- Julie and the Wild Hearts Posse
- Zabie
Get Back in the Body (Mindfulness)
Thank you.
Hi Cissy,
Thank you for all you do help others in need. I believe we have gotten a little “out of whack” where healing and professionalism intersect. I count myself as one of your survivors, having grown up during the civil rights movement in south central Los Angeles, unhappy, dysfunctional/alcoholic parents doing the best they could with the tools they had at the time. I believe if my mother had been diagnosed (which she never was) manic depression or bipolar would have been probably. As a teenager I self soothed with sex, drugs and rock n roll, often putting myself in precarious situation hoping that death would come and ease my pain.
I am currently writing my story about my journey to health and happiness and while it may never be read by anyone other than me it is cathartic to say the least.
I wish you a speedy recovery and remission for life. Thank you again for sharing your journey.
Thank you for sharing some of your story and when your memoir is done, if available for others to read, please write again and share the title. And whether it is ever publihed or not – I hope writing it is healing for you!! And thank you for your good wishes!!!