(Welby O’Brien shared this talk on a recent webcast with Reboot Alliance on their Caregiver Renewal Hour.) When my husband and I first started seeing each other, I felt so alone and so overwhelmed. He told me from the get-go, “Welby, I’ve got PTSD and I’m all screwed up.” I didn’t have a clue! PTSD…what’s…
DetailsJoin in with Kim Wier as she interviews Welby O’Brien about PTSD and how it affects the loved ones…and what we can do to help.
DetailsThe past – a world without PTSD – seems so long ago. How I wish things were different! The fallout of my trauma doesn’t stop with me. I just want you to know how much I appreciate you, need you, and wish I did not hurt you so much. Too often I go into survival…
DetailsThe Problem (As I See It) What went wrong??? Things are definitely NOT as they should be in this world, or in my life. Funny how we start out in life expecting things to go our way. All our needs – and wants – to be met. Of course! We are entitled to that, right?…
DetailsJoin Welby O’Brien as she shares on The Hagmann Report about PTSD, how it affects so many, and what can be done to help. (Interview starts at 1:34:40) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQAa7YY0rpU
Details(Chosen as Editor’s Pick on CP Blogs 2016) More than just another day off and the segue into summer, Memorial Day and other patriotic holidays are a time for reflecting, supporting and giving thanks for the sacrifices our heroes have made for us. However, what looks like a three-day-long weekend of fun, parties and picnics…
DetailsEver feel like you can’t move, talk, come home, wake them, or enter a room without triggering your PTSD survivor? Welcome to the world of PTSD! Unfortunately, there is no magic solution that will erase the original trauma or eradicate the ensuing perpetual survival mode. Originally a life-saving defense mechanism, the involuntary exaggerated startle response…
DetailsIn a recent interview I was asked, “You’ve said that many of the people who share their stories in the book Love Our Vets have grown stronger because of PTSD rather than in spite of it. In what ways have you and these other loved ones/caregivers experienced growth?” I really had to stop and think…
DetailsThe National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) has featured the LOVE OUR VETS book! Hope you can check out the blog. 🙂 Love Our Vets: Restoring Hope for Families of Veterans with PTSD (by Welby O’Brien)
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