Ouch My Trauma Hurts (OMTH) Moral injury is a wound to the heart and soul. It can come from our not being able to prevent or even stop inhumane acts—the pain, suffering, and death of others. These witnessed horrors are described by many observers watching current arrests and deportations. Not the same as trauma, moral

Ouch My Trauma Hurts (OMTH) Some flowers smell wonderful! So can trees, pets, and people! These smells make us smile and have fun memories. But there may be some other smells that invite back bad memories, sometimes abuse- we cope with our feelings that also return. Therapy, deep breathing, exercising, yoga, and talking with a

Ouch My Trauma Hurts (OMTH) When I wrote this book, stories of emotionally abused people were described. It is hard to feel put down, like your ideas don’t count and aren’t important. How to hold on to our self-confidence when being emotionally abused- that is the question. And there can be more to emotional abuse,

Ouch My Trauma Hurts (OMTH) Cinder Cockerspaniel always leaves space in her bed for me. I do not believe she has cuddled before, having been one of about 13 cocker spaniels owned by a lovely woman before me. l believe Cinder was a rescued dog. I thought I’d made a mistake buying a dog bed

My young friend values helping her friends. She walked with another student to the school nurse’s office because he told her, “I am thinking about killing myself!” I thanked her for this action: He got help and stopped considering ending his life. Thinking of suicide is the loss of hope- is despair and anguish. Talking

Ouch My Trauma Hurts (OMTH) The American Psychiatric Association published the DSM-5-TR as a way ofexplaining different mental health problems, called disorders. The way it works is that symptoms of a certain problem are listed and explained, much like if we go to the doctor’s office and talk about our own symptoms while the doctor

Ouch My Trauma Hurts (OMTH) Ritualistic emotional abuse can be frightening and traumatic. It occurs when there are several steps leading to the last part of the abuse. For example, someone says to you that your behavior is ‘stupid’ and ‘dumb’ (1) Someone says to you that your behavior is ‘stupid’ and ‘dumb’ Before stating,

Ouch My Trauma Hurts (OMTH) I flew out west on a trip to evaluate possible trauma in a man who had bottled up his depression all of his life. The result- he broke the law in ways he could never have imagined. He had stomach aches and head aches. That’s what trauma can do, leave