Real stories of wellness in real life
The Wellness Toolbox and Flashbacks
I am providing support for a person who is recovering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), and who experiences lots of intrusive and horrific flashbacks of the trauma he has experienced. It seems like the flashbacks are trying to keep him from being who he...
Facebook Responses to "Providing Sanctuary"
by Sandra Waller [This article contains language that Mary Ellen does not currently use. She wanted this article to express Sandra's feelings and not hers.] This is the question that comes to me: How am I supposed to live? To stay alive. To keep on. For some reason...
My WRAP Poem
by Alison Holmes "I thought I'd turned my back on you, Yet here you are again. To torture me and bully me And feed off all my pain. You promised to be done with me And give me time to breathe, I try to put you in my past But you never really leave. I wake up full of...
Advocacy – A Wellness Tool
To truly experience wellness and recovery I have learned that I want to be, and have to be an advocate for issues that I feel passionately about. A big part of recovery for me has been learning to advocate for myself. When I began work on my recovery, I had no idea...
WRAP for Difficult Times
These days, with all the horrific things going on in the world, and with the loss of Robin Williams, and when many of us are experiencing great loss and pain in our own lives, like many, many others, you may be feeling deep, deep despair. It is a horrible feeling. ...
WRAP Can Help
