Incoming!

Incoming!

Incoming! Having PTSD means chemical changes have occurred in the brain that result in a continuously active state of arousal for the individual affected. This translates to the person who has PTSD being farther along on the continuum of anger than most people. For...
Repeat Performance

Repeat Performance

Repeat Performance Medical experts are predicting that we are not yet done with the coronavirus pandemic. I suspect that’s true. People want it to be over so life can return to normal, and because of that, they are moving forward as though it is over. The problem is,...
A Veterans Success Story

A Veterans Success Story

A Veterans Success Story When Gage called Disability Network Lakeshore, he was unemployed and was struggling to cope with PTSD. He had no idea how the skills he learned in the Navy could transfer to working as a civilian. His PTSD made it difficult for him to interact...
Learning To Live With PTSD

Learning To Live With PTSD

Learning To Live With PTSD A while back, I thought I’d done a fairly good job at learning to live with PTSD, but I hit another bump in the road and everything went up-side-down again. It was depressing enough just to experience another trauma, but I did not expect to...
The Roses

The Roses

The Roses It has been an extremely difficult summer due to the coronavirus crisis. We are all stressed more than usual with wearing masks, washing our hands, social distancing, and worrying about getting the virus ourselves, or finding someone we love has it. So far,...