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Three days ago I was in crying desperately into my iPhone to my therapist from the torture of incessant and intrusive suicidal thoughts. The good news is that by today I am having to ‘lower’ my state of mind to write this post. [cityname]
John and his wife Mel have poured their blood, sweat and tears into creating awareness through this book and supporting CPTSD and PTSD survivors. AND IT SHOWS. [cityname]
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) is a form of psychotherapy in which the person being treated is asked to recall distressing images – Wikipedia
For me, EMDR was a last resort. [cityname]
PTSD and The Risk Of Suicide In [cityname]. Every day we see and hear more reports of suicides whether in our military, veterans, first responders, health care workers, clergy, teens, elderly, women, men in [cityname]…. Do you see a pattern here? There isn’t one.
I Am Who I Am in [cityname] … my sense of freedom took hold and the walls of being trapped as a placeholder in the game of life started to crumble.
Helping Partner With PTSD In [cityname]. A ‘partner’ is a person who sits outside of your day to day battle. It should be someone you trust, someone who is for you, someone who ‘sees’ the person you are trying to be and not the person you occasionally are.
Get ready to strap on Heroes, this is a bit of a wild ride in that Dr. King tells it like it is when it comes to PTSD stigma and stereotypes around the nation and right where you are in [cityname].
I wrote this piece of poetry after touring with a documentary on human trafficking that featured my story called, Stopping Traffic. At every show, I was confronted with questions bordering on accusations that sexual abuse and rape and human trafficking doesn’t happen to boys and men in places like [cityname].
One of the primary reasons my first marriage broke down and why my second marriage is so successful, is NOT because I have fully recovered from PTSD, but because of how Melissa and I dealt with it as a couple. This is very important for PTSD caregivers in [cityname] to know.
In our book #dealwithit – living well with PTSD, my wife Melissa talks about what she does to help me when various things trigger me, basically, how do people in [cityname] deal With PTSD Triggers.
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![[cityname]: CPTSD and PTSD survivors repeat after me…”I’ve got SUPERPOWERS!!”](https://syndication.ptsdcollab.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/207/2019/11/56050D56-A4B5-42D9-80DD-6CE543674D4E-765x500.jpeg)
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![PTSD and The Risk Of Suicide In [cityname]](https://syndication.ptsdcollab.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/207/2019/11/suicide-2910870_1280-765x500.jpg)
![Et Al. I Am Who I Am in [cityname]](https://syndication.ptsdcollab.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/207/2019/11/KnowThyselfPrinciples-scaled-765x500.jpg)
![Helping a Partner with PTSD In [cityname]](https://syndication.ptsdcollab.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/207/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-20-at-1.52.21-PM-765x474.png)
![PTSD Stigma And Stereotypes Among Police In [cityname]](https://syndication.ptsdcollab.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/207/2019/11/download-1.jpg)
![Sexual Abuse And Human Trafficking Of Boys And Men In [cityname]](https://syndication.ptsdcollab.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/207/2019/11/Screen-Shot-2019-11-19-at-8.50.28-AM.png)
![Avoid PTSD Caregiver Burnout [cityname]](https://syndication.ptsdcollab.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/207/2019/11/I-am-Not-His-Caregiver-765x445.png)
![How Do People [cityname] Deal With PTSD Triggers](https://syndication.ptsdcollab.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/207/2019/10/PTSD-triggers.png)