Category: Recovery

Again, After Five Years (Flashbacks)

Warning: This post is about flashbacks, and may trigger, although I will not give details of the childhood event involved. Keep yourself safe. . . . . This last week I was pretty much floored by flashbacks and their aftermath. I lived five relatively crisis-free years without that sucker punch in the gut, or feeling …

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Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors (week ending 03/26/10)

Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors is a weekly Friday feature. My selections are entirely subjective, and I know it will never be possible to include every great resource tweeted. But I can try! I’ve personally read all tweeted links, and believe them to be of great value. Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for …

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Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors (week ending 03/12/10)

Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors is a weekly Friday feature. My selections are entirely subjective, and I know it will never be possible to include every great resource tweeted. But I can try! I’ve personally read all tweeted links, and believe them to be of great value. Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for …

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Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors (week ending 03/05/10)

Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors is a weekly Friday feature. My selections are entirely subjective, and I know it will never be possible to include every great resource tweeted. But I can try! I’ve personally read all tweeted links, and believe them to be of great value. Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for …

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Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors (Week ending 01/15/10)

I have been remiss in not mentioning my inspiration for these “Best Tweets” posts. That distinction belongs to Jane Friedman of There Are No Rules at Writer’s Digest, who compiles a weekly “Best Tweets for Writers” post. She was both helpful and generous in pointing me toward ways to automate some of this process. (Still …

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Elizabeth Smart Shines A Light

And she looks radiant doing so. Elizabeth Smart began testifying today against her former captor, Brian David Mitchell, during a hearing to determine if he is competent to stand trial. It’s hard to believe that seven years have passed since she was rescued. In the few times I’ve seen her speak (on Oprah), she consistently …

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