Hope for the Holidays
The holidays are a wonderful time to spread joy but for some people the holidays are anything but joyful. They may have fallen on hard times or maybe depression is a constant struggle. It can be a lonely time.
Dial 988, the Suicide Hotline
Suicide is one of four top causes of death in the USA under age forty-four. It is the second leading cause for both ages ten to fourteen, ages twenty-five through thirty-four and ages seventy-five to eighty-four.
23 Bible Verses for When Your Anxiety is Triggered
The National Institute of Mental Health reported that an estimated 19.1% of U.S. adults had any anxiety disorder in the past year and that it was higher for females (23.4%) than for males (14.3%).
My own anxiety peaks during situations I cannot control like traffic congestion, crowds and even playing sports or some fast games.
21 Signs of PTSD
Have you ever noticed when someone has been through trauma that they become a different person? Have you ever been through an experience or event that changed how you feel about yourself? This is because of a phenomenon called Trauma. …
God is With Me in the Darkest Valley
There have been many times that my life has been unstable and my future – hazy. But through it all God has been a constant.
5 Easy Things You Can Do for a Friend with Depression
The last thing a person who is depressed wants to hear is advice or probing questions, but it’s hard to sit by when you know a friend is suffering. Here are five things you could do for them that could mean the world to a troubled soul.
An Open Letter to the Husband with a Spouse in Chronic Pain
An Open Letter to the Husband With a Spouse In Chronic Pain The last thing she wants to hear is “What’s wrong with you?!” Gentlemen, You come home from work and find your wife crying, quiet or stressed. For a …
19 Ways to Know You Are the Victim of Narcissistic Abuse
I never knew what a Narcissist was until I had my own experience with it. Narcissistic Abuse focuses mostly on emotional abuse which overlaps with verbal, psychological and financial abuse. It is insidious, lethal, and stealthy. This article covers all …
What is Chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
PTSD is a severe reaction to a horrifying event, such as abuse, an accident, a rape but it is usually referred to in conjunction with prisoners of war. If your symptoms last at least five weeks, the disorder is referred to as Chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Victims of abuse usually fall in the latter category. For them, CPTSD is the not-so-sweet icing on the much less than tasty cake.
10 Risk Factors of CPTSD That You Need to Know
What are some risk factors of CPTSD? First, we need to examine what risk factors and traumatic events are. A risk factor is something that increases the risk of something happening. For example, a risk factor for breast cancer is heredity or previous cancer.