Warning: Portions of this post may be triggering for some. Mentions suicide.       So, I met my new therapist yesterday. I really don’t know what to think about him yet. He is a psychiatrist[…]

Trauma-Informed Care is a relatively recent concept that is growing in acceptance. In contrast to other kinds of care, it starts with the assumption that the person receiving care (counseling, therapeutic, medical, etc.) has experienced trauma. Therefore,[…]

I had a different article planned for today, but a couple of things have happened in the last couple of days that hit home and I wanted to write about these. Michelle Carter was found guilty of[…]

As I wrote previously, one of Jamie MacWhirter’s triggers is getting stuck behind a slow driver. This is not surprising as he served a tour in Afghanistan as a truck driver with the 1st Service Battalion, and being[…]

We have been talking a lot about peer support, its benefits and what it can look like. The Department of National Defence and Veterans Affairs Canada work in partnership to deliver Operational Stress Injury Social Support (OSISS). The[…]

I just finished reading Empty Casing: A Soldier’s Memoir of Sarajevo Under Siege by Fred Doucette. We previously reviewed his book, Better Off Dead, which was about OSI in the Canadian military and his decade as a peer[…]

Everybody needs self care at some point, not just people with PTSD and their caregivers. Self care is not one size fits all. This article describes an established tool for assessing and planning self care. The method is[…]

Trigger warning: Suicide Someone once told me “you must take care of yourself before you can take care of others.” A peer supporter must take the time to self-care, that is care provided by you, for yourself.[…]

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