Getting Started With Your PTSD Recovery Toolkit
Nobody gets into recovery because life is going well. If you've read this blog, especially entries 1-10 you know that this was true for me. My life was falling apart. I couldn't control my emotions. I was breaking phones, torching relationships, going through financial duress, and feeling suicidal. I did two psych ward stints in two months. Desperate for any kind of relief, I went to four different therapists in one week. When I finally was diagnosed with PTSD from childhood sexual abuse, my life came into focus. Linda [...]
Grounding 101
This article was originally published by Beauty After Bruises, an organization "dedicated to providing survivors of childhood trauma with access to, and funding for, therapeutic and inpatient care; while creating professional and public awareness for Complex PTSD." 72 Hour Hold would like to thank Beauty After Bruises for allowing us to reprint it here. What is Grounding? Being grounded refers to a state of mental awareness where you’re fully present with the here and now. You know who and where you are, the current time and year, and what’s [...]
