Recouraging
A queer epic fantasy author I enjoy, KA Doore, recently asked on Twitter: Tired of being discouraged. How does one get recouraged?— K.A. Doore (@KA_Doore) March 31, 2020 They wrote from a place of radical vulnerability that gave me pause. It seems our feeds,...Reminders of resilience in uncertain times
“It feels like the world is ending,” my partner said to me with a voice softened with grief and love. It’s a sentiment I’ve held in my heart alongside many others, not always said the same way but always speaking in subtly resilient languages...
Coping with Traumatic Anniversaries: A Toolkit
In the last blog post, we talked about ways to think about and use traumatic anniversaries. Here we offer a toolkit of other useful coping strategies. Create new seasonal associations: Much of what the brain does is create associations between one experience/memory...
Coping With Traumatic Anniversaries: Thinking It Through
Many survivors struggle with traumatic anniversaries. What is a traumatic anniversary? The most obvious example is a yearly calendar date that seems to be circled in big, red marker in our nervous system, setting off cascades of emotional reactions. The anniversary...
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