PTSD In Television & Film: Just for, er, Fun

February 17th, 2009

For my Celebrity Psychings interview one of the questions I was asked had to do with accurate portrayals of PTSD in television and film, and it got me thinking: It…

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PTSD Healing: Learning to Say It Aloud, Part 1, Or: Crafting Your Story

February 16th, 2009

An interesting study was released this weekend (conveniently in time for the biggest collective kissing day of the year) that indicates cortisol levels are reduced by locking lips. This is…

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PTSD Healing: Wrestling With the Words

February 13th, 2009

It’s great to organize all of the troubling thoughts and memories in our heads. That’s the whole point of the work we’ve been doing with PTSD Healing Resolution No. 2.…

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PTSD Healing: Taking a Time Out

February 12th, 2009

It’s good, every now and then, to stop the world and get off. We push and push through these PTSD days at such a rate that our energy becomes depleted…

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PTSD Healing: Getting the Story Straight, Or: 3 Tips For Outlining Your Story

February 11th, 2009

With PTSD our minds are all over the place, ricocheting like pinballs from one memory to the next, from one trigger to another. In order to stop the blinking, flashing…

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