"PTSD Is" is a series exploring the realities of life with PTSD. PTSD is the past and present colliding. You're moving along, and then...

Abused children blame themselves. It's how they make sense of the horrible things that are happening to them. Their black-and-white,...

"PTSD Is" is a series exploring the realities of life with PTSD. PTSD is physical. Your body remembers the trauma, and until your body...

A lot of people don't realize that eating disorders aren't just about being skinny. Losing weight is certainly a factor, but what drives...

trigger warning: this post discusses self-harm, references some details of abuse, and portrays some graphic imaginings that occur in a...

I've thought a lot about the concept of loneliness. The basic premise of loneliness is that we are alone, and yet, I think all of us have...

For over 30 years, I have felt trapped in a house of cement and barbed wire, with armed guards carrying guns and patrolling the...

"PTSD Is" is a series exploring the realities of life with PTSD. PTSD is being swept away into dark places when you least expect it. It's...

Faith is complicated when you're deep in the muck of trauma-healing. It's full of fat minutes with no relief. And time spent sprawled in...

"PTSD Is" is a series exploring the realities of life with PTSD. PTSD is reading the Bible with your family, but suddenly tensing up...