Reading – Excerpt – Within The Heart of PTSD
A book excerpt, and a powerful story of overcoming PTSD, which is something which many survivors know all too well.
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How We Talk to Ourselves Matters
As you read the rest of the article you’ll see how self-distancing conversations look a lot more like those conversations with friends I referenced earlier. Getting away from all of the “I” and “me” and fairly judging the situation quietly and calmly as if it was happening to someone else can put it into a perspective that we sometimes lose when we are thinking of ourselves, especially those of us who struggle with self-blame. Of course, then that self-blame turns to rumination which feeds into depression, and round and round we go.
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The whole book Within the Heart of PTSD is now offered free of charge at http://www.withintheheartofptsd.com.
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RT @SurvivorNetwork: If you missed it – Reading – Excerpt – Within The Heart of PTSD http://t.co/b76UsTmU7f #links #recommend
RT @SurvivorNetwork: If you missed it – Reading – Excerpt – Within The Heart of PTSD http://t.co/b76UsTmU7f #links #recommend
RT @SurvivorNetwork: If you missed it – Reading – Excerpt – Within The Heart of PTSD http://t.co/b76UsTmU7f #links #recommend
RT @SurvivorNetwork: If you missed it – Reading – Excerpt – Within The Heart of PTSD http://t.co/b76UsTmU7f #links #recommend
RT @SurvivorNetwork: If you missed it – Reading – Excerpt – Within The Heart of PTSD http://t.co/b76UsTmU7f #links #recommend
RT @SurvivorNetwork: If you missed it – Reading – Excerpt – Within The Heart of PTSD http://t.co/b76UsTmU7f #links #recommend
RT @SurvivorNetwork: If you missed it – Reading – Excerpt – Within The Heart of PTSD http://t.co/b76UsTmU7f #links #recommend