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 …
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.