Want to find out about how PTSD impacts women, go to #FacesOfPTSD. By Christine Cissy White Christine Cissy White, Joyelle Brandt and Arlen Faulkner are part of the grassroots movement #FacesOfPTSD Men. Soldiers. Brains. I was ... | Read More
Jeffrey Epstein Survivors Discuss Traumatic Impact
Jeffrey Epstein Survivors Discuss Traumatic Impact . . . Designing For Trauma Supports Health and Wellness . . . Sewing Away Trauma . . . Study Shows PTSD Can Lead To Binge Eating . . . Corrections Officer Reveals How Job Caused PTSD . . . ... | Read More
A Mother Finds Herself After Losing Her Children
It took a while and a lovely puppy, but Debbie Streiter is living again.By Courtenay Higgins Photography: Boris Zlotsky, Gruskin Group©2015 It was unusually cold and rainy on April 5, 2003, when 20-year-old Ashley Streiter, back from Kutztown ... | Read More
Why Facebook Moderators are Suing the Company for Trauma
Why Facebook moderators are suing the company for trauma . . . A new therapy, using PTSD hypnosis, saved his life . . . How being a phone sex operator helped this woman heal from sexual trauma . . . Women — If you’re struggling dealing with a trauma, ... | Read More
Please Tell Someone Directly
After living for 30 years with PTSD, the writer explains how he finally broke free.By John Hack I battled with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder for three decades before making peace. My feelings shifted and evolved. I’d get a grip, and a new symptom ... | Read More
Crisis Line Supports Military Soldiers With Trauma
Sensing the Need for Confidential Treatment, an Army Medic is Quietly and Effectively Helping his Comrades.By Craig Winston Craig Genteman, an Army medic for 11 years, was deployed multiple times to Iraq. This experience provided him the ... | Read More
Infertility And Trauma
Infertility And Trauma . . . Women And Trauma Equal PTSD . . . PTSD Treatment That Helps Domestic Violence Survivors . . . Post Office Reveals Healing PTSD Stamp To Raise Funds . . . Florida State Senator Discusses Her Lasting Trauma From Car ... | Read More
Trauma Theater Supports Youth With Mental Issues
A Massachusetts treatment center uses the stage to support children coping with personal struggles. By Christine Graf World-renowned trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk calls child abuse and neglect the most vital public health issue in ... | Read More
Yoga Can Heal The Impact of Trauma
By Tresca Weinstein J. L. Pizarro wears a silver bracelet with the engraving “Doc, Thank You.” It was given to him by several of the countless soldiers whose lives he saved during his deployment as a combat medic during the Vietnam War, and it is ... | Read More
Memories Trigger PTSD and Addiction
Despite being different mental disorders, addiction and PTSD can both stem from deep-rooted memories. By Sonia Tagliareni Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a chronic and debilitating condition that sets in after traumatic events such as ... | Read More
PTSD Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
The Veterans Administration’s list provides what to look for and what to do to help someone suffering from PTSD or a traumatic event. Causes: Combat ExposureChild Sexual or Physical AbuseTerrorist AttackSerious AccidentSexual/Physical ... | Read More
PTSD Support Tips
Helping someone with PTSD can be difficult. The author explains how to deal and heal.By Dan Pitzer PTSD is a syndrome, a collection of symptoms that can vary from person to person, yet have many characteristics in common. Folks with PTSD ... | Read More
Mindfulness Can Ease Anxiety
Treating anxiety starts with one’s own mind. By Dr. Marisa Tomasic, Ph.D. Anyone who has suffered from anxiety can undeniably relate that it takes away the ability to experience the joyful moments of daily living. While the majority of people ... | Read More
Outside Activity Is Good For The Body and Soul
By Marisa M. Tomasic, Ph.D. Imagine for a moment walking along a path in the forest, a cascade of green highlighting the landscape as you savor the abundance of sights, sounds, and soothing aromas of nature. You feel present, taking in the moment. ... | Read More
10 Questions with…Senator Cory Booker
Cory Booker is on the presidential campaign trail, but when we sat down with him in his office in Newark, N.J., his focus on mental health and improved care for veterans was clear as the blue sky outside the windows. What are your thoughts on ... | Read More
After Losing His Parents, Michigan State Player Celebrates Senior Night With His Dogs
Michigan State player Josh Butler with his dogs Remi and Roxy. After Losing His Parents, Michigan State Player Celebrates Senior Night With His Dogs . . . Dallas Cowboys Add Service Dog To The Team Roster . . . Shooting Survivor Struggles With ... | Read More
Smart Planning For Escaping Domestic Abuse
Victims can help themselves by preparing an exit strategy.By Nora Hood Leaving an abusive relationship is an emotionally jarring ordeal. Women often put off making such a wrenching decision believing their partner will change or out of fear of ... | Read More
Sex And PTSD
A doctor explains how to overcome the intersection of intimacy and PTSD. By Sharna Striar For many of us, an intimate relationship can be challenging. But for those with PTSD, it can often feel impossible. If you have experienced ... | Read More
A Child Abuse Victim Tells Her Story
In her own words, Lora Horn explains her three secrets for dealing with PTSD.By Lora Horn I was abused as a child. My parents weren’t purposely cruel. I suspect they both had Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in an age when PTSD wasn’t even the ... | Read More
Did Jackie O’ Suffer From PTSD?
Five decades after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, author Barbara Leaming makes the case that former First Lady Jackie Kennedy may have suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. By David Cummings Barbara Leaming is not a ... | Read More
The Pursuit to Happiness
Dan Harris struggled with the darkness of anxiety. Then he found the light through meditation.By Charles Curtis Dan Harris has watched the video of what he calls the most embarrassing day of his life thousands of times. Dan Harris's on-air ... | Read More
Friends Adding Benefits
If you’re a veteran fighting for disability rights, Vet Comp & Pen is waiting for your call, or email. By David Cummings Vet Comp & Pen helps veterans get the benefits they medically and ethically deserve Many veterans don’t ... | Read More
PTSDesign
Houseplants Improve Health and Well-Being By Kenneth A. Gruskin, AIA Research estimates a person spends 85-percent of life indoors. Obtaining meaningful access to visible and physical “natural” and “green” outdoor spaces is a challenge for ... | Read More
10 Questions With…Jamie Heywood
Co-Founder and Chairman, PatientsLikeMe.com Helping his brother deal with ALS sparked Heywood’s desire to find a way to support others in a similar situation. By PTSDJournal Staff What is PatientsLikeMe? JH: We’re a free website ... | Read More
Telemedicine
Phone calls may be better than house calls for treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. By Brandon Lilly While studying the effectiveness of mental health services for veterans returning from active military duty abroad, Dr. John Fortney, ... | Read More
Kaiser’s Study Results in an Ace
The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study connected adolescent experiences with triggering PTSD in adulthood. By PTSDJournal Staff Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a punishing psychological condition that most frequently diagnosed in combat ... | Read More
What’s in Your Stress-Relief Toolkit?
Here are some simple, science-backed solutions to try out.By Marisa M. Tomasic, Ph.D Coming up with a plan to best handle stress requires thought. Depending on the nature of the stressor or one’s previous coping style, the very idea of ... | Read More
Fine Art
A Marine Makes Ceramic Cups To Tell Stories of War By Christine Graf Ehren Tool (left) and Vietnam veteran Michael Aschenbrenner at a project in Oregon. Ehren Tool remembers the day he told his grandfather, a World War II Marine veteran, that ... | Read More
Amped Up
Kirstie Ennis lost her leg in war, became friends with Prince Harry, and climbed to the top of the World. Think she’s done? You don’t know Kirstie Ennis.By David Cummings Kirstie Ennis lost her leg in war. That didn't stop her from reaching the ... | Read More
10 Questions with…Michael Linnington
CEO of the Wounded Warrior Project.By PTSDJournal Staff How many members do you have? Wounded Warrior Project serves more than 110,000 injured veterans and more than 26,000 family support members and caregivers. There are no fees for ... | Read More
Walking Off War
As we celebrate Veterans and Veterans Day, Sean Gobin is one Marine who deserves recognition for healing vets by getting them to walk in his footsteps. By PTSDJournal Staff Sean Gobin was ready for the next phase of his life, he just didn't ... | Read More
Rescue Relief
FEMA provides this veteran with a sense of purpose and an opportunity to serve. By David Cummings Jeff Byard’s first day on the job at FEMA didn’t include meeting team members, decorating his office and taking congratulatory calls. ... | Read More
Different Philosophy, Different Result
Viet Cong veteran Tam Tien and American veteran John Attaway on the Mekong River; they both fought during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese veterans of the Vietnam War have not experienced the same level of PTSD as American soldiers. Could the country's ... | Read More
Acting in Good Faith
Sinise’s work for military causes have made him a citizen the armed service considers worthy of a salute. Gary Sinise is best known to most Americans for his portrayal of Lt. Dan Taylor in the Oscar-winning film Forrest Gump. But to real soldiers ... | Read More