Tag: trauma
group name: survivorsforum
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June 02, 2008 04:36 PM EDT --
The nipping of a black dog at my heels
Keeps nagging me to go to sleep
As darkness falls and engulfs my world
And light becomes an alien never to return
Pinpoints of terror pierce the dark with . . . more
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October 31, 2006 09:04 PM EST --
I'm cleaning out the hall closet this morning. I come across her jacket. I had forgotten it was there. I think I wanted to forget.
"Here, you can have it." My younger sister . . . more
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March 22, 2007 09:51 PM EDT --
I seem to be having a war going on, outside myself and insside myself. I found out that my memories of the Iraq war aren't real and that somehow I made them all up instead of having to tell people . . . more
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April 11, 2006 05:48 AM EDT --
The following is something I wrote a few months after my brain injury. The last paragraph was something I added three years later.
I would now like to take this memory . . . more
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September 17, 2006 08:28 PM EDT --
Sorrow
Thought I'd left that anguish behind
when forgiveness finally
flooded through the resentment
I do not wish ill
and I have forgiven
Thought it could not hurt anymore
Love had left no room . . . more
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June 09, 2007 01:56 AM EDT --
It was just
a feeling
a fear
in the light
of day.
he lived
in the dark
recesses of
my mind.
causing havoc
wicked
the night
brings him
to life.
he becomes
a . . . more
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January 09, 2008 02:58 AM EST --
In August of 1997 I was driving across country from Atlanta, Georgia back home to the L.A. area. I had been driving all night and stopped outside of Oklahoma City to get gas before getting in . . . more
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June 01, 2006 08:07 PM EDT --
Shades of Days
End of a sunny day sittin' on the dock watching ripples as waters caress lakes' edge
Gleam and sparkle in the low West light
Sparks fly from discontent, I'm Payin' . . . more
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June 13, 2007 10:31 AM EDT --
I have been asked to explain PTSD.
PTSD is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I would say most of our soldiers have it when they have been at war, and millions of others get it after a trauma . . . more
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June 14, 2007 02:14 AM EDT --
Every Thursday I publish tips on saving money for the average person. This week has been very hectic for me and my family so I have not had a chance to think about this weeks article . . . more
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October 15, 2006 05:16 PM EDT --
"Your daughter's dying.
There is not much time left."
The doctor says.
His words…
They shred my heart
sear my soul
. . . more
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April 07, 2006 08:06 PM EDT --
Trauma and Survival
Random Thoughts from April Days Interrupted
Train of consciousness off the tracks
Aprils Spring of Hope Interrupted diminished
Struck suddenly by a tormenting twisting tornado . . . more
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May 11, 2007 10:55 PM EDT --
I am in a group for military sexual trauma survivors. They have just put out some new groups. One is specifically for males. It is for anyone who was sexually harassed or assaulted while in the Armed Forces . . . more
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July 09, 2007 06:04 AM EDT --
My children returned from their especially wild Sunday with dad
especially wild.
The Swiss usually lead a very quiet and peaceful life of despair
which is why they organize these urban fairs a . . . more
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April 03, 2007 06:41 PM EDT --
I lay on the carpeted floor of my living room for a good two hours late this morning and early afternoon. Head flat, back against the carpet, arms extended, knees up so I could have my feet flat . . . more
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May 28, 2007 02:02 AM EDT --
I just looked at four paintings by one of my favorite artists. All day I'd been on the verge of something or nothing. Something like tears, but every time I started to feel them pushing . . . more
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