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Category Archives: Mental Health
I was a teenage sex slave
The moment I became a teenage sex slave. Each drop of blood signifies one month of that abuse. It began several weeks after my 15th birthday. A 25-year-old acquaintance, on hearing about my mother’s worsening mental illness and abuse, offered … Continue reading
The night I learned to fly
“The Night I Learned to Fly” is the latest in a series of paintings that answer the question, “How did I survive?” By enduring unspeakable terror early in life, I learned to dissociate so well and so easily I could … Continue reading
What the f*** happened to me
You know how you feel when you come out of a movie at midday? you blink and you realize that you had forgotten there is this other world out there. You see it in a new way. At least for … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged #ChristianaCare, #ChristianaDontCare, #DelawareDontCare, #HarmedByChristianaCare, #PsychAbuse, #RockfordCenter, #TraumaAwareAmerica, #UniversalHealthServices, Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, mental health, PTSD, Rockford Center for Behavioral Health, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
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3 Gateways to Presence
Interoception, Exteroception, Proprioception. My Alexander Technique instructor and friend, Imogen Ragone and I discuss how “awareness of our inner self and bodily sensations (interoception), of our position and movement in space (proprioception), and of the stimuli coming from outside ourselves … Continue reading
Why We Need Trauma Informed Care (TIC)
The trauma survivor’s Red Alert system is stuck on “HIGH,” but the trauma-uninformed psychologist has no clue. This one, at ChristianaCare thinks he is The Well And Knowing Doctor Who Bestows His Wisdom And Thereby Health Upon The Broken Patient. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Mental Health
Tagged #ChristianaCare, #ChristianaDontCare, #DelawareDontCare, #PsychologyAbuse, #PsychologySurvivor, #TraumaAwareAmerica, #TraumaInformedCare, CBT, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Chronic Stress, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CPTSD, CPTSDawareness, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, MentalHealth, PTSD, PTSDawareness, stress, Trauma Recovery
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If you have PTSD, the mental health system might drive you insane
If you have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Complex PTSD, the so-called “mental health care” system in America might drive you insane. Like me, you could too easily find yourself in the loony bin just because you’d been traumatized a … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged #ChristianaCare, #ChristianaDontCare, #HarmedByChristianaCare, #PsychAbuse, #TraumaAwareAmerica, #UniversalHealthServices, Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Cukoo's Nest, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, mental health, Mental Hospital, PTSD, Rockford Center for Behavioral Health, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
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