Tag: PTSD
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Thinking Empowering Thoughts
While motivating thoughts are what kick us into gear. empowering thoughts are what keep us going. That’s why the most important thing that I did on my healing journey is to get better at empowering myself. Without that, healing becomes seemingly impossible and hopelessness will set in.
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4 Ways to Gain Courage and Confidence on Our Healing Journey
Truth to be told, when I was dealt with this mental health challenge, I really wondered where in the world am I going to summon the confidence and courage to surmount this ordeal? Thankfully, I found 4 ways that worked for me.
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Why Me?
Not a rant post. This entry explores the shift in how I tackle the common question asked when one is suffering, and the impact it can have on your life too.
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Part 3: Feeling Deeply Doesn’t Break You
Healing isn’t about avoiding pain — it’s about walking through it with courage. And courage can be learnt.
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Part 2: How I Feel Without Falling Apart
Here’s something I’ve learned along the way: sometimes what we think we’re feeling isn’t what it seems. Emotions can be like a 9-layer kueh stack on top one another.
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Part 1: Before the Calm — The Messy Side of Healing
Healing first requires you to feel everything. This is a reflection part 1 of 3 from my trauma healing experience in facing intense emotions during my recovery journey.
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3.5 Years in Therapy
Tears flowed down my face. It’s not like I can’t bear to leave my therapist. It’s more like tears of disbelief. 3 years ago, I thought this was going to be like a life sentence for me. I thought I’d lose everything.
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Rewriting the Blame
For a long time, there was tension between us. Vicky carried immense rage and blame, particularly towards me. She believed I had allowed the sexual abuse from the relative to happen. That belief hurt deeply, especially when I had always seen myself as a victim, not a participant. But things came to a head during…
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Choosing my PTSD treatment: CBT, CPT, EMDR, PE
This entry does not serve as any treatment recommendations. This entry focuses on how I arrive at my choice of treatment. You are encouraged to do your own research and make your own choice. The treatment that I’ve chosen may or may not work most effectively for you because as the saying goes, ‘different person,…
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Stop abusing these terms! (Part 1: PTSD)
PTSD is a psychiatric disorder and when used loosely in daily life conversations, it can cause more damage than intended or unintended!
FLKF. 