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The Process of Healing from Trauma

Being a trauma survivor is difficult. It can seem so much easier to run from your trauma and pretend it didn’t happen.

The Darkness Doesn’t Have to Win

The darkness blinds you to hope, the good things going on in your life, and the possibilities of your future.

The Importance of Talking About It

Talking about suicide and mental illness can be so scary because of the stigma and ignorance surrounding it.

Patricia’s Journey: Becoming a US Citizen

I felt unsafe. It felt like I needed to be perfect, or they were going to send me back to Brazil.

Living in Survival Mode

It’s exhausting, it’s miserable, it drains you of all your energy, it makes life so hard, and it’s rarely talked about.

Dr. Jessica LoPresti Chief Medical Officer, WhiteFlag

Trauma Work and Recovering from Abuse

I’m in the middle of feeling crippled by my trauma and the work I’m doing to heal. This feels harder for me than the abuse I went through.

How I Manage My Anxiety: A Clinical Psychologist’s Perspective, Part II

Anxiety is a tricky emotion and makes us think that we are incapable of facing it. Truth be told, facing anxiety is the only way through it!

Sarah Vicini, Guest Blogger

Perform Other Duties as Assigned

...there is always the unspoken box that says “and do this while making sure your students are safe and protected.”

PTSD Awareness Month: You Are Not Alone

It feels like our brain freezes during the exact moment of the horrific trauma and it replays that moment again and again.

Dr. Jessica LoPresti, Chief Medical Officer, WhiteFlag

Borderline Personality Disorder: End The Stigma

BPD is a personality disorder but it’s not your personality. You are still you and you are still amazing.

How I Manage My Anxiety: A Clinical Psychologist’s Perspective

We are socialized to believe that being hard on ourselves leads to a better, healthier, happier life.

Morgan Spencer, Guest Blogger

Shedding Light on Support Animals

Benny was my last case scenario. I couldn’t see myself moving too much farther in my life without having a Service Dog.

Grief is Awkward

I had all of these terrible, raw emotions eating me from the inside because I didn’t know where or how to process them.

Tuesday Booze-Day

Living with an alcoholic is like a slow-burn novel. You do not realize how intense things are until you look back at situations.

Experience, Strength, and Hope

I need you to know; pride and fear will try their hardest to keep you from admitting you have alcoholism.

My Story ‒ Part Two: Rebuilding

So when his hand connected with my face the first time, I chalked it up to the alcohol he had been drinking.

My Story ‒ Part One

Pinned underneath the expanse of his body, his hands wrapped around my throat, stopping all entrance of air and sound.

I Miss Counting Sheep

Insomnia affected my job, my diet, my motivation, the way I was a friend, my thoughts, and my depression.

Where’s My Glow

How do you tell someone you are having these thoughts without feeling like a terrible mom?