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Healing from Trauma takes Work

As a former facilitator for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Connection Recovery Support Group, I began each meeting by reading a list of objectives provided by NAMI. One of the objectives states: Understand that mental health conditions are no one’s fault and can be traumatic experiences. To be clear, not everyone who lives with mental illness has experienced […]

Word of the Week: Complex PTSD

As its name suggests, complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or C-PTSD, is a more severe form of PTSD. The difference is that C-PTSD may occur as a result of exposure to prolonged stress or trauma. You can read more about C-PTSD at the following websites: Healthy Place U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs