post traumatic stress disorder — Bits and Pieces — Refracting Hope

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Bits and Pieces

These are random bits and pieces of writing which don’t fit anywhere else. Mostly about mental health, they are just my offbeat reflections on this, that and the other.

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Posts tagged post traumatic stress disorder

The Optus cyberattack through the lens of PTSD: blow by blow

The Optus cyberattack through the lens of PTSD: blow by blow

With PTSD, navigating the Optus cyberattack was particularly challenging.

Hope Gordon13 October 2022hope gordon, optus cyberattack and ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder, cyberattack and ptsd, cyberattack and post traumatic stress disorder, complex ptsd and cyberattack

Bits of joy

Bits of joy

Three of the things which kept me strong as I grew up.

Hope Gordon24 August 2020bits of joy, music therapy, PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, coping mechanisms, PTSD coping, hope gordon

The rebel without a cause

The rebel without a cause

One day YOU could be my cause.

Hope Gordon10 July 2020stand for justice, speak out, rebel for good, PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, hope gordon

A virus of filth. Living side by side with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A reflection

A virus of filth. Living side by side with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: A reflection

Living with someone with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in a house full of abuse.

Hope Gordon19 June 2020OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder, PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, sexual abuse, trauma and OCD, PTSD and OCD, hope gordon, living with OCD

Hope is blue

Hope is blue

What colour is hope?

Hope Gordon19 May 2020hope and miracles, colour of hope, hope gordon, power of relationship, childhood trauma, PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD and death

Fear and Suspicion

Fear and Suspicion

Psychiatrists do not like externalized emotions when they are fear and suspicion.

Hope Gordon19 March 2020fear and suspicion, PTSD therapy, post traumatic stress disorder, hope gordon

Locating grief

Getting in touch with painful emotions isn’t easy. It’s very, very complicated.

Hope Gordon19 March 2020grief therapy, PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD and grief, childhood trauma and grief, hope gordon, confronting the past

Loss of hope

Loss of hope

This is what it feels like to have no direction in life.

Hope Gordon18 March 2020mental illness grief, loss of hope, hopeless case, hope gordon, childhood trauma, PTSD, post traumatic stress disorder