I feel honoured to have had my article ‘How walking has helped me with my PTSD recovery‘, published by NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. NAMI is America’s largest grassroots mental health organisation dedicated to improving the lives of the many people affected by mental illness. In the article, I describe how walking has helped my …
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I Am Worthy Of Healing, and so Are You! by Kayla Mason | PTSD: My Story Project #006 Trigger warning I’ve chosen to participate in the PTSD: My Story Project to spread awareness about complex PTSD and bring hope and inspiration to individuals dealing with PTSD daily. Because we are worthy of healing! Introduction It was as …
As we turn the first page on a new calendar, many of us set New Year’s resolutions. I was curious about how many people actually make New Year’s resolutions, and if they manage to stick to them, so I asked this on several forums. It was interesting to read the answers. I coupled them with …
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I remember welcoming this year with optimism and hope on the basis that it just can’t be any worse than last year. After the pandemic started in 2020, many asked if this year would be the year of recovery. As it turned out, we still have a long way to go, but then, who knows …
I was getting nervous. It was just over a month before the first anniversary of my trauma that I started getting more emotional, anxious and overwhelmed. I was familiar with those feelings. I’ve always felt similar around the day that my mum passed away for years now. That’s when my mood usually starts to change, …
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Autumn season has arrived and as the leaves begin to fall from the trees, my stress level is going up. Home from our summer holiday (staycation this year) and back at work. Looking back at the holiday photos it’s hard to say goodbye to summer, it’s even harder if summer is your favourite season. But …
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Last week I celebrated 15 years together with my husband. The last few months put a lot of strain on our relationship, as I have been recovering from my accident. However, it also proved that relationships can survive even tough times. There is a way how to overcome adversity. So if you want to know …
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I wrote this letter to heaven nine years after she’s gone. A letter addressed to my mum in heaven. She has been looking after me from there with such love and care, as always. A letter to heaven “My dear mum in heaven, there hasn’t been a day that I didn’t miss you. I miss …
Spring started a few days ago. For me, it’s the time of freshness. It’s the time when nature is waking up from its long winter sleep, when beauty is rising out of the cold. Spring is also the time of hope. Hope and new beginnings. That’s what the real meaning of hope is for me, …
Today, as I write this, it has been exactly three months since the doctors said to me, “You know, you are a very, very lucky girl!” They called it a miracle. Three months ago, I ‘was reborn’. Since then, every day has been a new miracle for me and this is proof that miracles do …
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