Posts Tagged ‘ survivors ’

PTSD and Re-Victimization Hank Estrada

PTSD and Re-Victimization Hank Estrada

Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Guest post by Hank Estrada
I was diagnosed with PTSD in college for surviving an entire childhood of emotional and physical assaults by a violent alcoholic father, including explosive domestic…

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PTSD Survivors Speak: On Being a Survivor

PTSD Survivors Speak: On Being a Survivor

Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011

Guest post by Stephanie Preston
(Actually by a strong voice within me that spoke this day –- I wrote quickly for this voice doesn’t speak very often for it is yet…

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Messages of Hope for Survivors of Trauma – Part 2

Friday, October 28th, 2011

Guest Post by Gabrielle Marie Loomis
In the last post, we talked about Core Trauma Patterns and how they are created in response to traumatic experiences. They are our body/…

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Messages of Hope for Survivors of Trauma – Part 1

Messages of Hope for Survivors of Trauma – Part 1

Friday, October 21st, 2011

Guest post by Gabrielle Marie Loomis
As an intuitive coach, healer, educator and survivor of complex developmental trauma, I have come to know personally and understand professionally that trauma masks…

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Your Help Needed With A PTSD Study

Your Help Needed With A PTSD Study

Wednesday, August 31st, 2011

All too often I feel like clinicians try to put us in a box. They’ve read that PTSD means x, y, or z and so they approach our recovery according…

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