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#FacesOfPTSD / PTSD is Not a He

Cissy White — Fri, 29 Apr 2016 23:20:35 +0000

What is the #FacesOfPTSD Project?A

A social media campaign where people who identify as having, or have had PTSD, share photos of themselves. Any photo. Feeling sad, show us. Feeling blah, show us. Feeling happy, show us that too. Just because we have suffered more than most doesn’t mean we are never happy. Just make sure you add the hashtag #FacesOfPTSD so we can all follow along, and hopefully change the landscape of PTSD online search.

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Say It, Survivor Writing

Cissy White — Wed, 13 Jan 2016 17:01:16 +0000

When I attended the first Say It, Survivor workshop I was nervous. I write a lot about recovery and trauma and post-traumatic stress. I write very little about my abuse. And that’s by choice. I hate writing about what was done to me. The abuse is about my abusers. I prefer to write about how […]

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Developmental Trauma: When Lived Experience is Considered Expertise Everyone Benefits

Cissy White — Wed, 29 Jul 2015 16:37:58 +0000

When someone is speaking about developmental trauma at a conference or webinar they are most often a clinician, scholar, teacher or researcher. If they have a lived experience of adverse childhood experiences that may not even be mentioned or spoken of. Still. In 2015. This is starting to change and I’m thrilled to be a […]

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