9/11 2001 A Memoir
Every year for the last 16 years this day has rolled around, often catching me off guard. The days building up to it I feel something, something I am not sure I can properly explain. As a writer, I feel I should be able to just put it all out there and eloquently describe this […]
The Morning My Mother Showed Me Magic Existed
[av_image src=’https://ptsdtraumasurvivors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/ptsd-trauma-survivor-childhood-abuse.png’ attachment=’349′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] A little Background I have written and talked a little about my biological mother. She was a very sick woman. Her illness, from what I understood started when she was pregnant with my […]
Forgiveness is not necessary for trauma recovery
[av_image src=’https://ptsdtraumasurvivors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Forgiveness-is-not-necessary-main-image.png’ attachment=’311′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] This post I think may ruffle a few feathers and if it does, that is okay, just get off my page. I have no use for you, nor do my fellow survivors. If […]
A C-PTSD Childhood Abuse Survivor’s Personal Message
[av_image src=’https://ptsdtraumasurvivors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cptsd-trauma-survivor-message.png’ attachment=’301′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] This was written by a member of our community, Danielle Willette. If you want to send her a message, respond to the post below. I think she is so brave for sharing this and […]
The Night I Ruined New Years Eve
[av_image src=’https://ptsdtraumasurvivors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/adult-survivor-childhood-trauama-ptsd-new-years-eve.png’ attachment=’279′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] [av_heading tag=’h3′ padding=’10’ heading=’The Night I Ruined New Years Eve’ color=” style=” custom_font=” size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_heading] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] “What were you thinking when designed it this way?” my boss asked me the other […]
Box of Pain – Child Summary 1989
[av_image src=’https://ptsdtraumasurvivors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/box-pain-child-summary1989.png’ attachment=’237′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] Before I begin the copy from the actual child summary that was typed out by my caseworker in 1989 I wanted to touch base on some of the things that are talked about. […]
After The Day My Mom Threw A Bike
[av_image src=’https://ptsdtraumasurvivors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Copy-of-The-Day-My-Mom-Threw-A-Bike.png’ attachment=’214′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] [av_heading heading=’Personal Demons’ tag=’h2′ style=” size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ padding=’10’ color=” custom_font=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_heading] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] I wrote this not long after I wrote The Day My Mother Threw A Bike. I was trying to put myself […]
The Day My Mom Threw A Bike
[av_image src=’https://ptsdtraumasurvivors.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/The-Day-My-Mom-Threw-A-Bike.png’ attachment=’208′ attachment_size=’full’ align=’center’ styling=” hover=” link=” target=” caption=” font_size=” appearance=” overlay_opacity=’0.4′ overlay_color=’#000000′ overlay_text_color=’#ffffff’ animation=’no-animation’ admin_preview_bg=”][/av_image] [av_heading tag=’h2′ padding=’10’ heading=’The Day My Mom Threw A Bike’ color=” style=” custom_font=” size=” subheading_active=” subheading_size=’15’ custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=”][/av_heading] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=” admin_preview_bg=”] This short is based on actual events. In the process of me trying to figure […]