Tag: Trigger Warning

• Misericordias Domini (2nd Sunday After Easter) ~ 14th April 2024

  The following sermon was not an easy one for me to write, and I’m still not sure how much I like it or how happy I am with it. But I got a fair bit of positive feedback from women from both congregations where I preached this past Sunday. One thing in particular stuck with…

  My Neurodivergent Self

  16. Apr 2024

  All, Sermons

  #dnkgtt, Abuse, Christianity, Church, Emotions, Faith, Family, Grief, Guilt, Pastoral Care, Religion, Sermon, Shame, Sorrow, Trauma, Trigger Warning

• When it rains, it pours

  [TW: suicidality, self-harm] At least, that’s what it feels like at the moment. But I don’t want to be all whiney about how difficult my life is. I don’t think anyone would want to hear that. But what I do want to talk about is this week and today in particular. This week is just…

  My Neurodivergent Self

  1. Feb 2024

  All, Mental Health

  Anxiety, Body Memory, C-PSTD, Memories, Pastoral Care, Psychiatrist, PTSD, Self-Harm, Suicidal Ideation, Suicide, Suicide Attempt, Support, Therapy, Trauma, Trauma Memory, Trigger, Trigger Warning

• Shame

  Between reading Brené Brown’s book Daring Greatly. How the Courage to be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead and something my therapist pointed out on Friday, have been thinking a lot about shame. Or maybe I should say I have been thinking about it more than usual. After all, shame is…

  My Neurodivergent Self

  4. Sep 2022

  All, Mental Health, Neurodiversity

  Abuse, Actually Autistic, ADHD, Anxiety, ASD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, AuDHD, Autism, Autism Spectrum Disorder, C-PSTD, Darkness, Emotions, Fear, Guilt, Introspection, Memories, Mental Health, Negative Self-Talk, Neurodivergent, Neurodiversity, Neurospicy, PTSD, Reflections, Rejection Sensitive Disphoria, School, Self-Harm, Shame, Therapy, Trauma, Trigger, Trigger Warning, Vulnerability

• When Trauma Memories Hit You Out Of The Blue

  On my way home from work today a trauma memory resurfaced when I drove past an accident on the highway. Police and fire brigade were already there and either an ambulance hadn’t been needed (what I doubt) or it had already left. So I didn’t stop, but slowly passed in the lane furthest from the…

  My Neurodivergent Self

  16. Aug 2022

  All, Mental Health

  Body Memory, C-PSTD, Darkness, Emotions, Faith, Fear, Flashback, Memories, Mental Health, PTSD, Reflections, Religion, Spirituality, Trauma, Trauma Memory, Trigger, Trigger Warning

• Protected: Trauma Anniversary

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  My Neurodivergent Self

  5. Aug 2022

  All, Mental Health

  Addiction, Alcoholism, Depression, Grief, Mental Health, Suicide, Suicide Attempt, Therapy, Trauma, Trigger Warning