By Dr. Z on February 17th, 2010
Today, Ash Wednesday, we begin to experience another wonderful period of renewal in the liturgical life of the Church. The Church worships and experiences God in a liturgical calendar that is based on the life of the historical Jesus in the Bible. The cousin of Jesus, John the Baptist, the last of the prophets, the [...]
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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 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 [...]
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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)
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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By Dr. Z on January 17th, 2010
In this essay we will examine how anger disables us from being fully human, how anger is a normal part of PTSD, and some ideas about managing anger. Additionally, we will offer some thoughts about breaking out of the Anger Cycle.
Posted in Coping with PTSD, PTSD Identity, Triggers, anger | Tagged addiction, adultery, Afghanistan, alcohol, alienate, alienation, alive, anger, anger cycle, angry, Bible, blog, Catholic, Christian, compassion, dehumanize, Despair, disable, drugs, essay, fast, fasting, forgiveness, hate, hatred, healing, honor, hope, humility, identity, infidelity, injustice, insecure, insecurity, Iraq, isolate, isolation, Jesus, mad, military, porn, pornography, prayer, priest, PTSD, rage, rape, reckless, relationship, Semper Pax, sex, shame, Soul, Spiritual, sprit, suicide, talk radio, toxic, toxins, trauma, Triggers, Veteran, Vietnam, Wound, writing, Zemler | With 2 responses
By Dr. Z on January 17th, 2010
Just like we have triggers that activate our PTSD symptoms, we all have triggers that activate our anger. This is true of everyone; it is not unique to people afflicted with the soul wound of PTSD. But in the world of PTSD anger remains a real problem.
People, who before surviving trauma, use to be calm, [...]
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By Dr. Z on January 15th, 2010
Techniques to Control and Live Beyond Our PTSD Triggers: In this final installment on Understanding and Identifying PTSD Triggers we discuss some of the ways to cope with them.
Posted in Coping with PTSD, Triggers, Writing is Healing | Tagged Afghanistan, alive, anger, barometer, Bible, blog, Catholic, Christian, compassion, desensitization, Despair, fidelity, forgiveness, healing, hope, identity, infidelity, Iraq, isolation, Jesus, memories, memory, military, porn, pornography, prayer, priest, PTSD, rape, relationship, Semper Pax, Soul, Spiritual, spirituality, suicide, survival, tips, toxic, trauma, trigger, Veteran, Vietnam, Wound, writing, Zemler | With 5 responses
