Meandering Michele’s Mind: The End
Monday, April 19th, 2010 • Uncategorized •
In my own post-traumatic stress experience I got to a point when I decided I needed to stop talking about my trauma and PTSD symptoms and start doing something about rebuilding my life. Balance is important.
We need time to think, meander and mull. We also need time to be proactive, powerful and change-oriented. To that effect, I think it’s time to stop meandering my mind and get on with having discussions about about how to make change.
So….. this will be the final post in the ‘Meandering Michele’s Mind’ series. Not to worry, we can still mull together, but starting next Monday we’ll do it from a slightly different perspective: we’ll be meandering your minds.
Here’s the plan: In a newly titled series (to be unveiled next week) the format of these posts will change to:
- answering your direct (anonymous) questions (which you can submit through the “Ask Michele” button to the right of this post)
- bringing to your attention interesting PTSD topics, studies and research
- summarizing examples from my coaching practice that show how survivors make change
- outlining solutions to PTSD obstacles, issues and problems
- mini-coaching sessions that you can apply to your own journey
Before we get started, I want to also give all of you an opportunity to let me know what you’d like to see and receive from these posts. Feel free to leave a comment or shoot me an email.
Get ready to pump up your self-empowered healing muscle even more!
(Photo acknowledgement on Flickr.)
Tags: Meandering Michele's Mind, post-traumatic stress, ptsd, symptoms, trauma
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Because of you, I will continue to evolve and I am going to be fine.
Thank you Michele.
@Wayne — I’m so glad to hear that! Well, then, I think you’ll really like what’s coming up in place of this column as it will be more directly geared to how you can conquer the past and create the future.
Right on Michelle! Congratulations! Here’s my question:Have other people had to figure out how to put finances back together? Can you at some point adress this;what it looked like and what others have done to heal this aspectof their lives as they’ve healed?Good luck with your new direction and thank you for your sharing your dedication to your and others healing.
Aloha,
Marianne Gill
Maui,HI
Hi Michele,
I’m happy to have found the site and connected with you. One point of interest for me is healing multiple sexual, physical, emotional and mental abuse. I would really like to hear more about the eveloution away from it. It’s strange, I rarely think about my abuse however the affects of it surface in reactions to situations in daily life and in the negative perception and thought processes.
I do practice catching my negative thoughts and trying to transform them or stop them, they keep returning and replaying the more I try to get rid of them.
Wonderful idea!
@Marianne & Donna — terrific ideas. I’ll work them in! Thanks for sharing and always, please feel free to suggest other topics.
My situation is emotional abuse throughout my childhood and I wouldn’t mind seeing that as a topic. I feel almost like a faker sometimes I can’t self-justify my ptsd since it wasn’t very physical.
Also, my primary “goal” for years has just been to be “normal”, or even to just understand it enough to fake it lol. idk if that’s a ptsd thing tho… but if it is, i wouldn’t mind seeing that as a topic.
Those might not be good suggestions tho, as I’m really just skimming the surface of your site so far. thanks
@ Tanya — Get rid of that justification idea RIGHT NOW!! At the trauma conference last year Bessel van der Kolk expressed PTSD from child abuse as stemming from verbal, physical and emotional abuse and/or neglect. He’s the diagnostic expert, so I guess you can trust his justification.
I totally get the idea of faking normalcy. Both are great subjects for a post. I’ve put them on my list!
I would just like to thank you for being you. I enjoy reading your blogs/posts/thoughts of the week and recommended articles – please continue your awesome work!x
@Shaye — THANK YOU for your kind words! It’s all a quest to unify us so none of us feel alone on the journey. Great to have you along! xo