Pushing Back

Pushing Back At times pushing back against the people who are supporting you can be yet another symptom of anxiety or paranoia, but sometimes it is an early glimmer of recovery There are times when having to tell people how you are feeling is just one more agony in...

And what about when the treatment doesn’t work?

And what about when the treatment doesn’t work? A lot is now written about post-traumatic stress, to the extent that most people are familiar with the idea that the deepest wounds of war and violence are to the mind. But that is an idea, a concept. I am not sure...

When the trauma takes over

When the trauma takes over I would like to try and explain two things: what it is like having post-traumatic stress, and some basic recovery strategies. The first part is for those who are trying to understand what post-traumatic stress is. The second is for those...