Poking Holes

A bit of my history with mental illness and the different medications/antidepressants and therapies that I have tried.  Please remember that I am speaking about MY mental health journey and what I have realized about MYSELF and the medications I have tried.  Disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional nor am I an academic […]

Why am I med-free? Why do I share my lowest moments? It is important to not compare our journey with other survivors. We are all on our own unique journey. Some of us were scapegoats, some of us were golden children, some of us were lost children, some of us played all of these roles

I finished the morning off at the fish hatchery with my son’s class. I was the transporter of the bucket of fry. I hiked the mountain while his class walked to the fish hatchery from the school. The creek and small waterfall from the other video is upstream from the fish hatchery.https://youtu.be/VGldoKUjJ7U

Both physical activity and being in nature are known to have positive effects on our mental health. This is what I got up to this morning. A walk up the other side of the mountain on an older, less maintained trail. Later, we released salmon fry at the fish hatchery with my son’s class. https://youtu.be/VGldoKUjJ7UDisclaimer: 

In this video I discuss how I believe my CPTSD developed as the daughter of a narcissistic mother. This is my story.  Resources: Pete Walker’s book, “Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving”.  Pete Walker’s website pete-walker.com.Disclaimer:  I am not a mental health professional nor am I an academic expert on npd or cptsd. I am

In this video I talk about four things that I am going to do to improve my mental health and help me to recover from C-PTSD. Let’s see if my symptoms improve.  Disclaimer: I am not a mental health professional,  nor am I an academic expert on npd or cptsd. I am here to share my