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Victorya Chase Goes to Therapy
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A couple years ago I was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) caused by a violent childhood. This is my journey, not to 'normal' but to 'ME.'
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Another Day, Another Dollar Before Taxes
Image Copyright: Victoryachasegoestotherapy.blogspot.comUgh. Times are so stressful right now that I'm avoiding talking about them and thinking of ways to avoid talking to my therapist about them - a...
Depression Inventory
(Click on image for larger view)The above is the depression inventory worksheet I must fill out every few months or so. It's interesting to note the overlap with anxiety (change in sleeping pattern...
Dealing With the Holes
One of the first things I had to deal with in my current therapy is dealing with the holes in my memory. Or, really, just accepting that I’m not going to remember everything and that it’s probably...
What's Your Favorite Color?
When I was younger, my favorite color was yellow. Everything had to be yellow. My mother called me her ‘sunshine girl’ and painted my room a brilliant shade, and I loved it. My mother’s favorite...
What Is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder?
Per the National Center for PTSD:Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can occur after you have been through a traumatic event. A traumatic event is something horrible and ...
Stories of Friendship
Freshman year of college was hard, but I made some friends during that time. There were a few of us that came from hardship and, at least for that first year, banded together. We were a rag-tag group ...
Fear
This one is going to be hard to write. Even before the blog I've been afraid to talk about the root of my PTSD, about my family life. The more I write, the more I ruminate about it, and the more sca...
On Feeling Doomed
That was thing when I lived with my mother, and times now when I spiral back to being age twelve again. The sense of doom. The feeling that I'm not in control of myself at all. Not that I've lost c...