Mckinney: Help! I’m a lost little amoeba in this big PTSD ecosystem
It’s is easy to feel lost with CPTSD. With triggers going off around me most of the time it is a constant and exhausting battle to keep the show on the road. Mckinney
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Mckinney: Motherhoodwinked. A PTSD survivor’s tale.
The dilemma is as follows: how to be a peaceful loving mother to your children when your mother was toxic, never gave love, abandoned you from a very young age, abused you? Mckinney
Mckinney: Money can’t buy me love? Living with PTSD.
Outside help and support for living with both ASD and CPTSD is vital for my mental well being, my marriage and relationships. Mckinney
Mckinney: Child abusers – the world’s most advanced torture and brainwashing experts. Living with PTSD.
A sudden bombardment of triggers can take you down a rabbit hole without a rope! I had become overwhelmingly nostalgic for the small amount of positive stories from my childhood I have saved on my hard drive.Danger-zone. Mckinney
Mckinney: Complications arise with a new job. Fear of oversharing when you are a PTSD survivor.
I don’t want my new boss to regret hiring me. She is an amazing boss and very kind, someone I connect to instinctively. I mustn’t lose her trust, or run away out of fear of what might become of our effective working relationship if I overshare at some point. Mckinney
Mckinney: CPTSD and PTSD shields. She-Ra’s or He-Man’s?
What do CPTSD or PTSD survivors (we do not use the word ‘victim’) use to defend themselves when all has been broken and torn apart? If you’re alive to read this right now, then whatever you have experienced, I promise you, YOU ARE A SURVIVOR. You found your SHIELD. Mckinney
Mckinney: Post-school holidays re-set. PTSD self-scan.
School holidays give me perspective on life. Now I’m out the other side and husband is back at work, kids back to nursery/school, I miss everyone, the lovely togetherness and long for the weekends when we can all just BE. I don’t miss the hectic mess and lack of peace at home.
Mckinney: The Battle for Harmony When Living With PTSD
Why does living with CPTSD have to be either living in harmony (a state of being in agreement or concord) or living in horror (an intense feeling of fear, shock or disgust)? Mckinney
Mckinney: Books On PTSD And Relationships
Mckinney: Books On PTSD And Relationships. A ‘partner’ is a person who sits outside of your day to day battle. It should be someone you trust, someone who is for you, someone who ‘sees’ the person you are trying to be and not the person you occasionally are.
Mckinney: PTSD and the Window of Tolerance
It never fails. I am going along, seemingly handling all the big deals in my life, balancing all the balls, spinning all the plates: family, job, continuing education for said job, bills, friends, and just when I feel like I have it all going for me… WHAM! The tiniest issue takes my feet out from under me and I’m a puddle on the floor.