Comments on: PTSD Spirituality: Identity Damage Causes PTSD Soul Wound http://www.ptsdspirituality.com/2010/02/06/ptsd-spirituality-identity-damage-causes-ptsd-soul-wound/ Healing Souls Wounded by PTSD Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:50:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dr. Z http://www.ptsdspirituality.com/2010/02/06/ptsd-spirituality-identity-damage-causes-ptsd-soul-wound/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Dr. Z Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:22:02 +0000 http://www.ptsdspirituality.com/?p=608#comment-381 Thank you , Michelle. Not letting ourselves be defined by our trauma and the resulting PTSD is crucial to healing. Oddly enough, many folks want to define us by our health rather than our being and inherent self-worth. We can regain our dignity as we realize we have value no matter what has happened to us. This realization decreases the grip that the PTSD-Identity has upon us. Thank you for taking the time to visit and comment. Semper Pax, Dr. Z Thank you , Michelle. Not letting ourselves be defined by our trauma and the resulting PTSD is crucial to healing. Oddly enough, many folks want to define us by our health rather than our being and inherent self-worth. We can regain our dignity as we realize we have value no matter what has happened to us. This realization decreases the grip that the PTSD-Identity has upon us. Thank you for taking the time to visit and comment. Semper Pax, Dr. Z

]]> By: Michele Rosenthal http://www.ptsdspirituality.com/2010/02/06/ptsd-spirituality-identity-damage-causes-ptsd-soul-wound/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Michele Rosenthal Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:15:42 +0000 http://www.ptsdspirituality.com/?p=608#comment-380 Dr. Z -- Thank you for writing about the PTSD-Identity! I don't think enough is said about this, or how we can combat it. I struggled with PTSD for over 25 years. At the core of my healing was learning to define myself (and find my worth) outside of and despite what I had survived. Thank you, too, for what is, I think, the most important sentence of your whole piece: "The PTSD soul wound is not a life sentence." Not enough people say or believe this. But I do, and it's nice to know someone else does, too! Dr. Z — Thank you for writing about the PTSD-Identity! I don’t think enough is said about this, or how we can combat it. I struggled with PTSD for over 25 years. At the core of my healing was learning to define myself (and find my worth) outside of and despite what I had survived.

Thank you, too, for what is, I think, the most important sentence of your whole piece: “The PTSD soul wound is not a life sentence.” Not enough people say or believe this. But I do, and it’s nice to know someone else does, too!

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