What Is Betrayal Trauma? many thanks to the original source article: verywellmind.com – 3 days ago What Is Betrayal Trauma? You may feel betrayed when someone hurts you or breaks your trust. However, the betrayal can be traumatic if it’s someone close to you, or someone you depend on to care for you. “This type...
Continue readingPoisoned Hearts – How Parental Alienation Hurts
I am going to focus my attention for a while on Parental Alienation Syndrome. I encourage comments and ideas from the readers. (From Wikipedia):Parental alienation syndrome was a term coined by child psychiatrist Richard A. Gardner. He defines Parental Alienation Syndrome as “a disorder that arises primarily in the context of child-custody disputes. Its primary manifestation...
Continue readingEMDR Therapy: Self-Help Techniques for Trauma Relief
Self help techniques for my brothers and sisters out there also suffering from PTSD April 18, 2012 by Kellie Holly Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is primarily used as a treatment for PTSD. Discovered and developed by Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., EMDR uses eye movements, taps or tones to reprogram trauma victims’ thinking....
Continue readingAre You Afraid of Your Doctor or Therapist?
The following article is from a wonderful newsgroup moderated by Dr Sam Vaknin I subscribe to, which offers so many informative articles its hard for me to choose which to re-post. I have spent my fair share of time in the hospital due to a rare genetic blood disorder I inherited from my fathers...
Continue readingWhat Treatments Are Available For PTSD?
PTSD is treated by a variety of forms of psychotherapy (talk therapy) and pharmacotherapy (medication). There is no single best treatment, but some treatments appear to be quite promising, especially cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT includes a number of diverse but related techniques such as cognitive restructuring, exposure therapy, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing...
Continue readingWhat is PTSD?
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of a traumatic event. A traumatic event is a life-threatening event such as military combat, natural disasters, terrorist incidents, serious accidents, or physical or sexual assault in adult or childhood. Most survivors of trauma return to normal given...
Continue reading9 Year Old Cold Case in Tampa Ends with Sex Offender As Murderer!
My “Homesick News” from my beloved Florida: Ahhh. The beautiful Clearwater Beach. Just west of Tampa, about halfway down the State of Florida, on the Gulf Coast. Its Paradise….(for most) But a family in Tampa probably doesn’t think much of their home as paradise much these days now that an old wound has been...
Continue readingHelp! I fell in love with the boogeyman!
(c) Forever May, 2009 The boogeyman. Everybody knows the boogeyman isn’t real. Right? Well, to some, the boogeyman is very real and he is the one you love. How does someone fall in love with the boogeyman? What makes the boogeyman become what or who he is? A monster – an abuser… Abuse at...
Continue readingACP Offers Freedom For Abuse Victims in Texas
more about “Corpus Christi, TX | KRISTV.COM |Texa…“, posted with vodpod I left my abuser…but he keeps coming after me… nobody was there to stop him…so I went back… If I leave him, he’ll just come find me… so I might as well stay…” I’m afraid to stay...
Continue readingSpecial thanks to Former Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn
click here to read the Texas Medicaid Fraud News Reports and Investigation Findings on Its Almost Tuesday’s Medicaid Fraud Page. In working with abuse cases, government systems, and foster care, there are many obstacles & tragedies on a daily basis. We fight a system enormously large by comparison (to a single mom on aol)...
Continue readingChristmas – 3 Years Stuck
If you haven’t read my story, you can find it here –Its Almost Tuesday, The True Story. This is my 4th Christmas without my son. The first was Christmas 2004; but it is as devastating for me today as then… if not more. It just doesn’t show as much. I have not spoken to...
Continue readingIf you haven’t read it – Go Read It – This Poetry Moves…
(see the sidebar for an RSS Feed) The Day He Came Running Jumping Playing Safe Giggles Laughter Fun Loved He came Screaming Shouting Swearing Fear Tears Cruelty Pain Hate Desperation No escape Desperation. The day he came Childhood Freedom Joy Life Taken away Where did our childhood go Has it been kept safe somewhere...
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