Category: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
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Trying to Feel Safe but Old Fears Keep Assaulting Me
I like to think of myself as pretty fearless and gutsy but not so much with all the news of smash-and-grabs, assaults and shootings. My PTSD-like visceral response comes from old fears when I was a Child Protective Social Worker in San Francisco many years ago.
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I Didn’t Know the Gun Was Loaded . . .
I used to play with Daddy’s gun when I was a child. Now I cringe whenever i hear about a child shooting or killing another child or their parent or themselves. Freaks me out to realizeI could have been that child. Another unintended shooting – on the set of ‘Rust’ when the cinematographer and director…
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Traumatizing Experiences Can Bring On PTSD
When the Capitol was invaded on January 6, many members of Congress and staff were traumatized by needing to evacuate and hide for hours.They will likely experience PTSD — especially if they thought they were going to die.
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The Many Faces of Survivor Guilt
Waylon Jennings and I shared the same haunting guilty thought for many years. Here are some of the various ways #survivor guilt shows itself – not just after tragedies but in the daily lives of some families.