Ever fall into bed exhausted, but your brain won’t shut off? Feel like life keeps getting busier and faster? Wonder just how much more you can s-t-r-e-t-c-h? I love rubber bands. Last week I lost one of my favorites to overstretching. I guess it had been too tight for too long. And it snapped!…
As loved ones and caregivers, it’s easy to get stuck in “fix” mode, as we’re always tuned to and tending to their needs. Often 24/7. 365. And if we’re lucky we’ll save a little space for our own needs. But something seems to be missing. Is there more? Arrghhh…just the thought of “more” is overwhelming!…
Ever feel like you can’t move, talk, come home, wake them, or enter a room without triggering your PTSD survivor? Welcome to the world of PTSD! Unfortunately, there is no magic solution that will erase the original trauma or eradicate the ensuing perpetual survival mode. Originally a life-saving defense mechanism, the involuntary exaggerated startle response…
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has featured the LOVE OUR VETS book! Hope you can check out the blog. 🙂 Love Our Vets: Restoring Hope for Families of Veterans with PTSD (by Welby O’Brien)
PTSD not only affects the individual, but its ripple effect deeply and profoundly impacts ALL those around them. Loved ones, please take encouragement from this 2 minute video poem. ♥ Printed version below. Feel free to download. 🙂 Join Love Our Vets – PTSD Family Support on Facebook