by Christina Nelson | Jun 19, 2015 | In Parents, PTSD
Special Needs Parents and Trauma: The Unseen Battle with PTSD Welcome back to the Different Dream series about special needs parents and trauma. In today’s post, guest blogger Christina Nelson describes her invisible battle with PTSD and how she learned to win...
by Jolene | Jun 18, 2015 | In Children, PTSD
Childhood PTSD Resources June is PTSD Awareness Month, so today Different Dream is raising awareness about childhood PTSD. Also known as childhood developmental trauma, this type of PTSD is not as well known adult PTSD. But it is every bit as real as the grown up...
by Jolene | May 22, 2015 | In Parents, PTSD
Newborns Feel Pain: The Headline that Almost Triggered my PTSD Thank you for stopping by Different Dream to check out today’s post in our ongoing series about PTSD in parents of kids with special needs. In this post, Jolene dissects a headline that brought back...
by Jolene | Apr 10, 2015 | In Parents, PTSD
Special Needs Parents and PTSD: What About You, Mom? PTSD and parents. I don’t want those two words to go together in the same sentence. Ever. But the truth is that PTSD and parents (especially the special needs variety) spend way too time in one...
by Jolene | Feb 23, 2015 | Advocacy and Research, PTSD
4 Childhood Trauma and PTSD Updates Childhood trauma and PTSD have been in the news frequently of late. That’s good news after years of trying to raise awareness about this form of mental illness. For this author, whose book about childhood trauma and PTSD will...