by Jonathan McGuire | Oct 17, 2018 | In Parents, PTSD
Guest blogger, Jonathan McGuire wants you to know that trauma in parents of kids with special needs is real. He explains how he became convinced of that truth in this post. Trauma in Parents of Kids with Special Needs In the fall of 2012, instead of driving to...
by Jolene | Sep 20, 2018 | In Children, In Parents, PTSD
PTSD in the entire family? Can it happen? Today’s guest blogger, who is writing anonymously to protect her family, describes how PTSD in the entire family is a reality at their house. PTSD in the Entire Family I first recognized the problem in my daughter. After...
by Sharon Cargin | May 30, 2018 | In Parents, PTSD
Today’s post comes from guest blogger, Sharon Cargin, who reflects upon a day when her stressed, caregiving heart needed to hear God speak, and He did. I was feeling very restless one fall morning so I took a little trip to look at what my favorite greenhouse...
by Jolene | Dec 15, 2016 | In Parents, PTSD
Welcome to the final post in the Inside Out Special Needs Parenting series. The purpose of the series has been to equip parents to recognize and resolve their own past traumas so they can parent their children effectively. The previous article in this series,...
by Jolene | Nov 17, 2016 | In Parents, PTSD
Resolving past trauma through self-understanding of this installment of Different Dream’s occasional series about parenting from the inside out. The previous article in the series, Attachment Categories in Adults and Inside Out Parenting, described the four...
by Jolene | Sep 8, 2016 | In Parents, PTSD
Today’s post about attachment categories in adults is part of Different Dream’s ongoing Inside Out Parenting series. The earliest posts in the series offered information about how the brain works including basic functions of the parts of the brain, high...