PTSD Survivors Speak

we-can-do-it-antoos-foobar‘Survivors Speak’ is a weekly feature on our blog, Parasites of the Mind. Survivors from Australia to England to the United States, from Vets to child abuse to sexual violence victims are sharing their stories of healing. Some will make you smile, some will make you feel empathy for the struggle; all will make you feel the truth: It is possible to bridge the gap between PTSD and a healthy life.

We don’t know when or from where healing will come; these survivors’ collective voices show how to keep searching, fighting for and grasping at success so that we conquer the past and create the future.

Read the posts below for inspiration, motivation and hope. Survivors everywhere are healing. You can, too!

If you would like to share about some positive aspect of your healing journey, please Contact us to contribute a guest post.

(Photo: Antoon’s Foobar)

From our blog...


PTSD Survivors Speak: Listening to that still, small voice

PTSD Survivors Speak: Listening to that still, small voice

March 10th, 2010 • 12 Comments »

Marie is a very interesting blogger who covers a lot of survivor material on her blog ‘Coming Out of the Trees (excerpts from my therapy journal)‘. Last month I had…

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PTSD Survivors Speak: Taking Recovery in Your Own Hands, Part 1

PTSD Survivors Speak: Taking Recovery in Your Own Hands, Part 1

March 3rd, 2010 • Comment »

A guest post today by Katie, a  blogger I really admire. She’s a survivor who has hit rock bottom and is now fighting back against her PTSD symptoms. I think her…

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PTSD Survivors Speak: Research on How PTSD Affects the Family

PTSD Survivors Speak: Research on How PTSD Affects the Family

February 24th, 2010 • 2 Comments »

It seems to me the next wave in PTSD treatment will come from the students in universities today. They’re the ones who have the benefit of traditional trauma psychology, and who are…

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PTSD Survivors Speak: A healing step that helped

PTSD Survivors Speak: A healing step that helped

February 17th, 2010 • Comment »

Sometimes, no matter how much therapy we have it’s the ACTION(S) we take that really push us closer to overcoming PTSD. My friend, MS, found great comfort and strength in…

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PTSD Survivors Speak: Tapping the Self through Song

PTSD Survivors Speak: Tapping the Self through Song

February 10th, 2010 • 1 Comment »

I’m always interested in how we find, define and present ourselves after trauma. I met today’s guest post author, Marina, in a PTSD online forum. I was writing about my love of…

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