By Dr. Z on January 30th, 2010
In this PTSD Spirituality blog essay the necessity of a right relationship with God is examined in order to be at peace. The more I am at peace with God, the more likely my soul is to heal from its PTSD wounds. When we are traumatized we often look to God for solace, help, and [...]
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By Dr. Z on January 29th, 2010
To survive and heal from the spiritual dimensions of PTSD requires a right relationship with God. But most of us are immediately prevented from engaging God in a properly ordered relationship. We require a mature relationship with God. We neded to be at peace with God, but are not. Why is that?
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By Dr. Z on January 28th, 2010
PTSD devours our peace as it wounds our souls. PTSD sucks away our relationships. We must nourish several types of relationships if we hope to have peace. One of them is that we need properly ordered relationships with our different communities. This right relationship of peace can help us stay alive and heal from our [...]
Posted in Education, PTSD Identity, Peace | Tagged alive, anger, Bible, bishop, blog, Christian, communities, community, compassion, Despair, essay, forgiveness, grooups, group, healing, hope, Iraq, isolation, Jesus, military, nourishing, porn, pornography, prayer, priest, PTSD, rape, relationship, Semper Pax, sex, sin, Soul, Spiritual, spirituality, suicide, toxic, trauma, trust, Veteran, Vietnam, Wound, Zemler | With no responses
By Dr. Z on January 27th, 2010
PTSD wants you to give up on God. It tells you you will never have peace. That way you will also give up on yourself and others. Many succumb to the PTSD-Identity and may deny God or think that they are unworthy of God. What if I don’t want to be in relationship with God?
Can [...]
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By Dr. Z on January 24th, 2010
I am excited to write about the Vet Art Project and the Veteran’s Children websites and missions.
Children are affected by their parents’ PTSD. In fact children can develop PTSD symptoms from their parents. Today I discovered a wonderful resource called “Veterans’ Children” which provides very useful resources on PTSD and is focused on the [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Coping with PTSD, Education, People, Writing is Healing | Tagged Afghanistan, alive, anger, Catholic, children, Christian, compassion, Despair, Ed Tick, forgiveness, Gated Grief, heal, healin, healing, hope, identity, Iraq, isolation, Jesus, Leila Levinson, Lisa Rosenthal, military, parents, porn, pornography, prayer, priest, PTSD, rape, relationships, Semper Pax, Soldiers Heart, Soul, spirit, Spiritual, spirituality, stories, story, suicide, trauma, trust, vet art project, Veteran, veterans' children, vets art project, Vietnam, Wound, writing, Zemler | With no responses
By Dr. Z on January 23rd, 2010
PTSD can be caused by four broad categories of trauma. PTSD wounds our souls. We usually think of rape or military service or natural disasters as causing PTSD. Yet, a question I sometimes get is, “Can I get PTSD from my civilian job?” (This essay was expanded on 24 Jan 2010)
Posted in Coping with PTSD, Education, PTSD Identity | Tagged Bible, blog, business, career, Catholic, Christian, civilian, compassion, compassion deficit disorder, Despair, emergency, employment, entitlement generation, forgiveness, heal, healing, hope, identity, isolation, job, military, prayer, profit, PTSD, rape, recession, relationship, Semper Pax, Soul, spirit, Spiritual, spirituality, trauma, unemployed, unemployment, Veteran, wall street, work, Wound, Zemler | With 2 responses
By Dr. Z on January 23rd, 2010
Latest news on the blogging frontier is that Pope Benedict is encouraging priests to start blogging. The Vatican has been behind the media curve for a while in getting its message out. But then again the Catholic Church is over 40 years old and many of us who are over 40 struggle with the challenges (and [...]
Posted in Blogging, Education, People | Tagged abuse, anger, apologize, apology, baseball, Benedict, Bible, blog, Blogging, Catholic, Christian, clergy, compassion, consecrated life, deacon, diaconate, forgiveness, God, Grant Desme, healing, hope, identity, isolation, lurker, marriage, military, molest, molestation, nun, ordained, Pope, porn, prayer, priest, priesthood, PTSD, rape, relationship, sacrament, scandal, seminary, Semper Pax, sex, sister, Soul, spirit, Spiritual, spirituality, trauma, trust, Vatican, Veteran, vocation, Wound, Zemler | With 2 responses
By Dr. Z on January 22nd, 2010
Genesis 1 affirms that human life is sacred. That means your life is sacred. For those who suffer from the soul wound of PTSD, this is extremely valuable and must be kept in mind. The PTSD-Identity wants to isolate you, get people to give up on you, and then kill you. The PTSD-Identity does not [...]
Posted in Coping with PTSD, PTSD Identity, Peace | Tagged adultery, Afghanistan, alive, anger, Benedictine, Bible, blessing, blog, Catholic, Christian, compassion, creation, Despair, enuma elish, environment, esteem, fidelity, forgiveness, Genesis, God, healing, hope, icon, identity, image, imago dei, infidelity, Iraq, isolation, Jesus, likeness, Marine, military, Peace, porn, pornography, prayer, priest, PTSD, relationship, sacred, Semper Pax, sex, sixth day, Soul, spirit, Spiritual, spirituality, suicide, toxic, trauma, traumatic, trust, value, Veteran, Vietnam, worth, Wound, Zemler | With 2 responses
By Dr. Z on January 21st, 2010
The goal of the PTSD-Identity is to destroy any hope I have of peace. While PTSD wounds my own soul, it also strives to damage the peace of those around me so they will give up on me, reject me, and just let me go into isolation and die. The PTSD-Identity can manifest some very [...]
Posted in Coping with PTSD, PTSD Identity, Peace | Tagged abuse, adultery, Afghanistan, alcohol, alive, anger, Bible, blog, Catholic, Christian, clergy, Despair, drugs, essay, feel alive, fidelity, forgiveness, Genesis, healing, hope, identity, Iraq, isolation, Jesus, love, military, molest, molestation, molested, myself, Peace, porn, pornography, prayer, priest, properly ordered, PTSD, rape, reckless, relationship, self, self medicate, Semper Pax, sex, Soul, Spiritual, spirituality, suicide, Temptation, thrill, trauma, value, Veteran, Vietnam, worth, Wound, Zemler | With 4 responses
By Dr. Z on January 17th, 2010
In this essay we offer ten not so easy steps to dealing with PTSD anger. We also offer a succinct take on the question: Can I Ever Be 100% Anger Free? While this post can be read alone, it assumes you have read the previous posts on anger here at the PTSD Spirituality website. Those [...]
Posted in Coping with PTSD, PTSD Identity, anger | Tagged adultery, Afghanistan, alive, anger, anger cycle, angry, Bible, blog, Catholic, Christian, compassion, Despair, essay, forgiveness, hate, hatred, heal, healing, hope, humility, identity, infidelity, injustice, Iraq, isolation, Jesus, military, porn, pornography, prayer, priest, PTSD, rape, relationship, Semper Pax, sex, Soul, spirit, Spiritual, spirituality, suicide, talk radio, trauma, trust, Veteran, Vietnam, Wound, writing, Zemler | With 2 responses
