Tag: trauma
A short Christmas note to the ones who are struggling
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I’ve been in a funk. Some of my lovely connections on social media have pointed out my absence. It wasn’t planned. It’s just been a rough year, replete with multiple losses, grief and pain. The same old battles with chronic illness, fibromyalgia, depression, trauma, systemic injustice, and new ones.
Trauma retriggered
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Right now I do not know what tomorrow holds but I’ve made it till now. I’ve plastered up the cracks and glued together the broken bits. That is a victory. Till the next day.
Reasons to stay alive
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Some of us I think are prone to revisiting the same dark places. Maybe down to past traumas that stay with us, genes that we inherit or God knows what is responsible. I don\’t actually think thoughts of suicide are uncommon.
Coping at Christmas 2018 (dealing with pain over the holidays)
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Dealing with trauma, emotional pain and mental health problems is sometimes like that old wound that never fully heals. At this time of year it can be harder.
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