I’ve been reflecting on some of the new frustrations in my work in furthering the cause for trauma survivors, and it occurs to me that I simply can’t get frustrated.

Considering just the small amount of anecdotal evidence I’ve amassed in the past several years of doing what I can to be a part of the issue of surviving trauma, it’s becoming sort of clear that we are a downtrodden and beaten down lot of folk. This really hit home the other night when I decided to turn to the new search engine Microsoft has put together called "Bing". I started off searching...

On this memorial day, when we are a country divided, at war with a lot of dissatisfied folks around, we all pause this day to remember and honor. To honor first our brave men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan, then to honor all who have served.

There are a couple of rants in my blog with respect to the fact that trauma survivors find it impossible to have at least one person in their lives that is willing to listen to their deepest struggles. That certainly was the case for me, and as we get more members on TraumaSupport.org it’s becoming quite clear to me that my experience of having zero people in my life that I could talk to about my struggles...

Tomorrow, I’m going to start writing my story, but before I do that, I just wanted to take a few moments to talk about this whole mental health issue. No doubt, some of us trauma survivors have a difficult time managing their recovery simply because they don’t want to be seen as a person with "mental health issues". I can certainly understand that… I don’t want to be seen as...

As a long time trauma survivor, I’ve got to say that I’m amazed at the lack of resources for this huge demographic. My trauma was in ‘82, and of course, there were no resources then. Society really didn’t "get it" at that point with respect for the need for local and national resources for people. There are national organizations for diseases of extremely small demographics,...

One of the things you’ll hear me mention and talk about over and over again in this blog is my (albeit short lived) experience with the Rebuild program. The ONE thing more than any, Rebuild showed me how very deep the sense of isolation was in my own recovery. The most important thing I came away with, at least in terms of starting TraumaSupport.org is, everyone’s experience, emotions and coping skills...

What was that Rod Stewart tune? The first post is the deepest? Hardest? We had a one of those news segments two days ago in South Florida that was one of those “oh… my… god” type of accident stories. It was on the Fla. Turnpike at a toll plaza. As many toll roads these days, there is a “sun pass” you can buy to zoom through the tool booth – zoom meaning at a speed limit of 25mph, which...