by Cathy Terranova | Jun 28, 2017 | Chronic Illness And, Rethink Trauma
I am doing everything that I can. I’m going to therapy. I’m exercising. I’m going to bed at decent hours. I am taking my medications. But nothing seems to help. Life has just bogged me down to a place where I will have to be content to wait it out....
by Cathy Terranova | Apr 4, 2016 | Rethink Trauma
This week my mom sent me a link to a blog post that hit me really hard. The message came with simple instructions, “Read this blog”, but I don’t think either my mother or myself were prepared for the intensity of the message I needed to receive. The...
by Cathy Terranova | Dec 5, 2015 | Rethink Trauma
Having multiple issues has shown me the stigma that surrounds each one. When celebrities commit suicide we’re quick to talk about their “struggles with depression”. Depression seems to be the scapegoat that covers all manner of mental illness....
by Cathy Terranova | Nov 30, 2015 | Caregiving, Chronic Illness And
First, thank you for including us in your holidays. Thanks for making space at the table for our wheelchairs, oxygen tanks, hospital beds, crutches, walkers, or just generally ill selves. Thank you for being patient with those of us with invisible illnesses....
by Cathy Terranova | Nov 25, 2015 | Chronic Illness And, Rethink Trauma
Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. All holiday is about to break loose. Here are some things that we, your mentally ill friends, need you to know about us as this season approaches. Holidays are hard. For a lot of us the holidays are filled with triggers....
