by Cheryl Knight | Mar 3, 2017 | Community Thoughts
One thing that can be very helpful to a survivor is when they are in distress ask the question, “What can I do for you right now that would be helpful?” It is very important to not assume what the survivor needs. If a survivor says they don’t know...
by Cheryl Knight | Mar 1, 2017 | Thought for the Day
Often what drives community members and all other trauma based disorders is fear. Fear is the #1 emotion that guides survivors through daily life. Fear of being alone, fear of not being not being alone, fear of adventure, fear of men (women), and fear of living and...
by Cheryl Knight | Feb 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Each day brings a new adventure. Some are quite enjoyable while others are not so much. Understanding dissociation is difficult when you are in the midst of a crisis situation. Often you want to react out of the moment and that is not a good plan. Let me give you...
by Cheryl Knight | Feb 23, 2017 | Thought for the Day
Do you remember a childhood poem that starts “I know an old woman who lived in a shoe, she had so many children she didn’t know what to do”? Well as I looked it up I found it does not say that anywhere in the poem but for the sake of this blog today...
by Cheryl Knight | Feb 21, 2017 | Thought for the Day
Building a community without examples is very difficult. As I said before you need more mature people to be examples.This has been the most difficult area of our building community. A more mature person can be an example the community can emulate. An example would...
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