Tag: post traumatic sress disorder
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Halloween, Horror, and PTSD
With Halloween here, I thought it would be fitting to share an experience I had several years back. Back in 2017, I started watching the popular zombie apocalypse show, The Walking Dead. In it’s first episode there’s a scene where a zombie that had been chopped in half is crawling towards the main character, Rick…
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10 Mental Health Resources to Prevent Emotional Free-fall and Preserve Your Sanity
As a middle-aged man and Army combat veteran, some of the resources I share on this list have been hard for me to accept/implement. In saying that, the resources that were hardest for me to integrate into my mental health tool-kit have been the most helpful to prevent emotional free-fall and preserve my sanity. Over…
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QOTD #1: When Things Get Messy… Try This!
When I sit down at the blank page, some times it’s intimidating. Then, there are other times, it’s nothing short of triage because I need a safe place to bleed, and these blank pages become my “paper” towels and wound dressings. On those days, and there have been MANY of them, my mess truly is…
Daniel Fortune 