As a person of a life of PTSD, anxiety & dread as a result of 3yrold to 18yrold sexual trauma, presently 2 months from age 63, I can attest to nature and a focus on a positive lifestyle is itself salvation.
Yes, the PTSD still occasionally creeps up on me, however, now ita duration is typically much shorter.
I also know it will affect me the most before & after life changing events, ie. graduations, weddings, the birth of a grandchild, facing my mortality as I am right now after 4 serious strokes.
I know that can not possibly ring true with many, I am a walking miracle.
The difference is because of my faith, acceptance, pushing & pushing ever harder forward.
I've done it as long as I can remember and I will not stop. From hellish nerve pain as a result of a brainstem ischemic stroke, vision difficulties from an Occipital stroke, numerous problems after a right temporal stroke & temporary paralysis after the fourth stroke.
From a fully functional career accountant for attorneys to not being able to calculate simple math in my head, at 56 I lost that ability, dud all the "braindtraining" I could possibly find. It took me 6 years to realize it was healthier for my wellbeing to understand 'resigning' myself to using a calculator did not mean I had failed.
Perfect advise and tools. I have a daughter with intellectual challenges who is visiting and while with us spends time in dread of leaving- very difficult for everyone. The ideas are not new and yet seeing the tools and terms helps my heart.
From the minute Target puts Halloween stuff into their special holiday seasons section I pretty much stop going to stores until January. I can’t stand it- cycles of Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas. All sort of garbage no one really needs to buy.
That “most participants opted to receive the more intense shock right away” would not be my response. I compare it to receiving a huge bill that is due now, or a much reduced bill in the future. Both are painful situations, one physical the other financial. Dread is more powerful the less specific it is as you suggest. So I would be aware of my personal power to focus on the best outcome for myself and not be controlled by fear.
As a person of a life of PTSD, anxiety & dread as a result of 3yrold to 18yrold sexual trauma, presently 2 months from age 63, I can attest to nature and a focus on a positive lifestyle is itself salvation.
Yes, the PTSD still occasionally creeps up on me, however, now ita duration is typically much shorter.
I also know it will affect me the most before & after life changing events, ie. graduations, weddings, the birth of a grandchild, facing my mortality as I am right now after 4 serious strokes.
I know that can not possibly ring true with many, I am a walking miracle.
The difference is because of my faith, acceptance, pushing & pushing ever harder forward.
I've done it as long as I can remember and I will not stop. From hellish nerve pain as a result of a brainstem ischemic stroke, vision difficulties from an Occipital stroke, numerous problems after a right temporal stroke & temporary paralysis after the fourth stroke.
From a fully functional career accountant for attorneys to not being able to calculate simple math in my head, at 56 I lost that ability, dud all the "braindtraining" I could possibly find. It took me 6 years to realize it was healthier for my wellbeing to understand 'resigning' myself to using a calculator did not mean I had failed.
Perfect advise and tools. I have a daughter with intellectual challenges who is visiting and while with us spends time in dread of leaving- very difficult for everyone. The ideas are not new and yet seeing the tools and terms helps my heart.
I’m saving money for a trip to Iceland next year so people are going to get a lot of hugs for holiday gifts this year!!!
From the minute Target puts Halloween stuff into their special holiday seasons section I pretty much stop going to stores until January. I can’t stand it- cycles of Halloween Thanksgiving Christmas. All sort of garbage no one really needs to buy.
That “most participants opted to receive the more intense shock right away” would not be my response. I compare it to receiving a huge bill that is due now, or a much reduced bill in the future. Both are painful situations, one physical the other financial. Dread is more powerful the less specific it is as you suggest. So I would be aware of my personal power to focus on the best outcome for myself and not be controlled by fear.
Excellent advice. Thank you