Treating Abuse Today (Tat), 3(4), pp. 26-33Freyd: I see what you're saying but people in psychology don't have a uniform agreement on this issue of the depth of -- I guess the term that was used at th...
There is clear evidence from internal investigations in the past that some raters actually see themselves as adversaries to veterans. If a claim can be minimized, then the government has saved money,...
The victims of PTSD often feel morally tainted by their experiences, unable to recover confidence in their own goodness, trapped in a sort of spiritual solitary confinement, looking back at the rest o...
The initial trauma of a young child may go underground but it will return to haunt us.
Triggers are like little psychic explosions that crash through avoidance and bring the dissociated, avoided trauma suddenly, unexpectedly, back into consciousness.
Denial and minimizing is often seen in genuine PTSD and, hence, should be a target of detection and measurement.
PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.
Trauma is hell on earth. Trauma resolved is a gift from the gods.
In 2011, actor Johnny Depp told the November issue of Vanity Fair that he felt participating in a photoshoot was akin to rape."Well, you just feel like you're being raped somehow. Raped . . . It feels...
It is as though some old part of yourself wakes up in you, terrified, useless in the life you have, its skills and habits destructive but intact, and what is left of the present you, the person you ha...
Always remember, if you have been diagnosed with PTSD, it is not a sign of weakness; rather, it is proof of your strength, because you have survived!
Trauma is any stressor that occurs in a sudden and forceful way and is experienced as overwhelming.
Many call it the 1000 yard stare and can't realize the pain when PTSD takes us there
PTSD in its rawest form is a death sentence which causes many veterans and others to execute themselves in hope to be free.
P.T.S.D. doesn't make you weak. It makes you a survivor.
He was the only one who seemed to realize that she didn’t want to be left alone to her trauma and bad memories, even if she got annoyed when he inquired about her life. She hated to be all alone, a pa...