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Victorya Chase Goes to Therapy

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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  • It’s a Good Thing

    Posted on Thursday January 31st, 2008 at 09:28 in , happiness, therapy

    When I started this blog way back when, I was in the deepest part of the dungeon of despair. But I saw the window. This let me know that there was life outside. I know I’m lucky, that some don’...

  • Happy Memories

    Posted on Wednesday August 8th, 2007 at 09:27 in , happy, memories

    Here are two I remembered the other day:One:I forgot why, but my brother, mother, and I were running toward the doorway. We lived on the second floor of an apartment building. We were in a happy mood,...

  • Stories of Friendship – Xiomara

    Posted on Thursday August 2nd, 2007 at 07:55 in , happiness, parade, yankees

    So I was talking to my best friend about the website (yes, she’s still stressed and eating not getting help. Although she told me she tried Nutrisystem to work on the weight.) and she said I can tal...

  • Camp Long Point

    Posted on Thursday July 19th, 2007 at 08:08 in , happiness, mother, salvation army, sickness

    *Quick update before I get to the post today - I'm still a bit shaken from yesterday, but not stirred. I'm one of a few people who made it in and the place is on high alert. Never fun. I also have a h...

  • Chicago - I'm back!

    Posted on Sunday July 15th, 2007 at 08:20 in , happiness, jen porter, lovehammers, sarah potenza, scott mcmillan, vacation

    I can’t believe I’m back already. Sure, I was only going to go a couple of days, but it went by so fast!The weather there was perfect and we arrived on time. The guy seated next to me said he coul...

  • Another Happy Memory

    Posted on Sunday July 1st, 2007 at 08:02 in , hoffmans, motherhood

    “And when she was good, she was very, very good, and when she was bad she was horrid.” That’s the way I tend to think of my mother. There were times when she tried. And one of those involved whe...

  • Recognizing Happy Times

    Posted on Wednesday June 20th, 2007 at 08:02 in , memories, therapy

    This is something my therapist wants me to work on, the ability to recognize happy times in my past (as well as, of course, the present). She doesn't want me to always dwell on the negative, but to s...