by Chris Wistrom | Nov 9, 2020 | Mental Health, Veterans
Working with Disabled American Veterans Over the past decade, my work with disabled Veterans in the VA’s Vocational Rehabilitation Program has been the highlight of my time at Disability Network/Lakeshore. It has been my privilege to be part of their recovery and to...
by Chris Wistrom | Nov 5, 2020 | Mental Health, Veterans
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...
by Chris Wistrom | Oct 30, 2020 | Mental Health, Veterans
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...
by Chris Wistrom | Oct 20, 2020 | Mental Health
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...
by Chris Wistrom | Oct 15, 2020 | Mental Health, Preparedness
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,...
by Chris Wistrom | Sep 28, 2020 | Mental Health, Preparedness
Everyone Needs A Plan I’ve been watching the news this week about the wildfires in California, and my heart goes out to the folks dealing with that horror. It’s not just the people who are watching their hopes and dreams go up in smoke. It includes the firefighters,...
