ptsd

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder; The storm after the storm.

I Talk Out the Ass
I don't know how to write this, my feelings are like a dark cloud inside. Shrouded in doubt and pain. My inner demons won't leave me alone. My only way of coping right now is to write this out. I've been told all my life I'm the probably unwanted always the scape goat.
By Emily Radford(Rising Phoenix)2 years ago in Psyche
Your Words Are Your Sword.
People underrate their words so much and too often. When people often get a "You look nice today," they answer like: "What? Me? No, No, I look awful today; this was a rough morning…" and continue in the endless negative downward spiral.
By Zondra Dos Anjos2 years ago in Psyche
The Importance of Recognizing and Treating a Psychotic Break
Writers Note: The following story mentions trauma related assaults, childhood trauma and psychotic religious experiences. The stories of the psychiatric unit are meant to reflect lifesaving treatments and not to discourage others from staying out of an acute care inpatient unit.
By Stacey2 years ago in Psyche
Buckets of Betrayal
It's not uncommon for the trauma experienced by victims of intimate partner violence to spill harmfully onto other relationships in the victim's life. Abusers use increasingly manipulative and violent tactics to isolate victims, often while putting on a wildly different public persona to fool others in their lives.
By Test2 years ago in Psyche
Baby, You’re a Firework
My ex secretly hated fireworks. In the weeks leading up to the Fourth of July, we’d hear them sporadically throughout the neighborhood despite their illegality within city limits. Verbally, he defended them with all the patriotic chest-puffing you’d expect from a veteran-turned-cop, saying he’d fought for people’s right to shoot them off or whatever. He’d even accuse those who admitted to being sensitive to those jarring sounds, many of them veterans like himself, of being “soft”.
By Test2 years ago in Psyche
I Want To Go Far Far Away. Content Warning.
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By Kadence2 years ago in Psyche
The Healing Power of Leaving: A Journey From Domestic Violence to Survival. Content Warning.
In my darkest corners of my past, I found strength to leave a life of torment and pain behind. It was a lengthy journey, one that I didn’t think I would make, but it was a journey that led to healing and self discovery. This is my story.
By Nat Levy2 years ago in Psyche
A Letter I Cannot Deliver to My Teenage Daughter
I was sitting in the waiting room. In came a little toddler. Her face was round as a soft full moon. Eyes as innocent and bright as a newborn star. Short pudgy legs (why and how could they be so cute).
By Emmaline Swallow2 years ago in Psyche
Awareness is a Good Start
‘I need a mental health day.’ I’ve said it. I’ve heard it. Sometimes I’ve even taken it. Today is World Mental Health Day. It’s a day for mental health awareness, education, and advocacy.
By Judey Kalchik 2 years ago in Psyche
Cannabis and Mental Health
So I'm all for it! My friend has epilepsy, and is the one who started me down the Medical Marijuana road. Mine is not for a physical condition though, Mine is stricktly mental.
By Tressa Rose2 years ago in Psyche
More is always better
I didn't expect to see him here, Outside smoking. I'm rocking a nicotine patch. I was joking, I mean I did quit but who feels like joking now? I saw his scowl and raised him a furrowed brow. I hope he remembers how we used to read Shakespeare and we barely understood it but it gave us a voice or a language. I don't read anymore but if I did We would be reading it tonight for sure. I keep thinking about how the timing feels false. Some days are faster than my fucking pulse and others go so slow like this morning felt like a month ago. There was a time when I thought that we were going to always be together. It was the three of us against the world. We were happy. I am having a hard time letting that go.
By Nat 2 years ago in Psyche
The Girl Behind The Profile Pic
She woke up 30 minutes earlier than him, the normal for their routine. She liked to do a little yoga right before brewing their morning cup of Joe.
By Tressa Rose2 years ago in Psyche