by dnl426 | Aug 25, 2020 | Preparedness
Planning For A Pandemic As uncertain as our lives are, taking the time to think through possible disaster scenarios and how we might get through them a bit easier just makes sense. Have you thought about how the Coronavirus has affected you this past year, and what...
by Chris Wistrom | Aug 13, 2020 | Mental Health, Veterans
Disarming Anger When you have PTSD, you have an invisible wound that is not easily healed. You may feel as if you have been damaged beyond repair, and you may harbor great anger towards the person, thing, or circumstance that caused your PTSD. I believe there is no...
by Chris Wistrom | Aug 6, 2020 | Mental Health
Impatient or PTSD? I hear it almost every day: “You are SO impatient!” My sister is quick to point this out, although I don’t know how many times I’ve explained to her that I have PTSD. The fact is, I am hard-wired to respond quickly to whatever presents itself to me...
by Chris Wistrom | Jul 30, 2020 | Mental Health, Preparedness
Knowing Who You Are and Where You’re Goin Currently, at work, I’m hosting a workshop on developing healthy living habits, and one of the things we are looking at is identifying goals. Sometimes we tend to coast through life without any plan for what we want or...
by Chris Wistrom | Jul 5, 2020 | Veterans
PTSD RELAPSE I never thought much about having a relapse of my PTSD. As I got older and I found myself coping better, I thought this was the way it would be from now on. I never thought another trauma could send me tumbling back into the flashbacks, nightmares, and...
