Let it go… no, it’s not a song… it’s just the most common phrase I hear every time I seize The fact that everyone knows what brings me down, they feel the struggle Frustrations come into mind, and somehow, they tell me to just let it go And I want so much to, but there…
MOANA: Returning the Heart of TeFiti- A Great Representation of PTSD and Recovery
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder could completely change the being of a suffering person. The Walt Disney Moana was able to capture a very vivid picture of what PTSD does to a sufferer. It creates a monstrous being in the person that even he could not recognize himself anymore. I was asked to review the film…
Confessions
A Confession of Pain Most of the time, I convince my self that I am better off than others. That I am better off in my life now compared to others who are having the hardest time finding a good work that could feed their family. I always tell myself, I should be thankful I…
The Real Unseen Struggles of PTSD
Reality breaks my heart…while there are many discussions found online about what PTSD is, how a patient suffers it and how it progresses, it is true what they say that you’ll never know what it really is nor would you understand how it really feels unless you’ve walked the path- unless you were the one…
Getting out of the Shell
What makes depression even more depressing is the fact that it becomes too confusing to explain that those suffering from it are challenged to remain sane amidst everything going on in their minds. A person with depression often comes to a point of denial resulting to pretension. Hoping to cover up the symptoms, individuals feeling…
I cannot believe this is happening to me…
I read about it, I research about it, I even share it in my blogs…. But experiencing the deepest effects of PTSD is quite a different side of the picture. It is the more frustrating one, the most excruciating pain and the most unbearable confusion there is. I have always told myself to not tell…
Respect: The Basic Groundwork of Any Relationship
Respect creates the wholeness of a person especially when it comes from someone who they love. When it is broken against them; it is for sure that they too would break. Respect to build up everyone else.
Let Me Walk You Through ….
Scary…. Yes it is.. And when someone knows how scary it is, the desire to run away becomes the immediate response. Well, sadly,for some of us,there is no other choice but to walk through that path no matter how scary or unsettling it may seem. The sad thing is, some brand us to be the…
Kudos to the Ones Who Stick with PTSD Survivors: Thanks
It’s not easy- we know. I once had a chance of chatting with a husband of a woman who has been suffering from PTSD for almost five years now. He mentioned how hard it was for him to see her breakdown every now and again. He said that in a year, she usually has three…
