Emotional Abuse and Your Faith: Poem for the Victims of Domestic Violence.
I came across this site today and like always wanted to share, poetry always digs deep. I encourage you to check it out.
God chooses us.
Love & Peace,
Rebecca
Posts Tagged ‘emotional abuse’
Emotional Abuse and Your Faith: Poem for the Victims of Domestic Violence
Posted in healing from abuse, poetry, poetry for women, tagged emotional abuse, emotional abuse and your faith, poetry, poetry on domestic violence on January 9, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Understanding PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Posted in domestic violence, tagged emotional abuse, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD on December 31, 2009| 5 Comments »
www.trauma-pages.com
The following was copied from the above website, I encourage you to red and visit:
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the most common diagnostic category used to describe symptoms arising from emotionally traumatic experience(s). This disorder presumes that the person experienced a traumatic event involving actual or threatened death or injury to themselves or others — and where they felt fear, helplessness or horror. Three additional symptom clusters, if they persist for more than a month after the traumatic event and cause clinically significant distress or impairment, make up the diagnostic criteria.
The three main symptom clusters in PTSD are: Intrusions, such as flashbacks or nightmares, where the traumatic event is re-experienced.
Traumatic experiences shake the foundations of our beliefs about safety, and shatter our assumptions of trust.
To read more and find the resources you need click on the following link:
www.trauma-pages.com
The Last Straw 