Ouch My Trauma Hurts (OMTH) Messages from my heart to yours… Suggestions and hopes from a trauma expert- for you! It’s hard to believe we could behave in a manner that surprises us (like strike out in panic). That can happen when we are in the grip of trauma and terror. We can also react
Ouch My Trauma Hurts (OMTH) 1 First message from my heart to yours… Suggestions and hopes from a trauma expert- for you! Recognize dissociation from trauma in yourself: Spacing out big time when driving, on steps, when angry or fearful- forgetting moments while in panic. I hope you get help, please- so you do not
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CuttingTRIGGER WARNING: MENTIONS SELF-HARM Those among us who cut their own bodies- help is needed to express the pain andanguish in a different way: Please consider seeking therapy! Sending you hope! Hope Vs Hopelessness In order to find joy and escape excessive trauma in America, we need attention paid to: Housing needs, clean air and
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Many victims/survivors of emotional abuse have told me that the broken spirit/heart from emotional abuse hurt more than a broken bone. I wish you help and support against brokenness and cracks in hope! Roses are redViolets are blue.Don’t put someone else downTo feel good about you.(Written by an emotional abuse survivor) (I am sending wishes
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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