by Cathy Terranova | Sep 30, 2015 | Chronic Illness And, Rethink Trauma
Most people find it hard to maintain a chipper disposition through the winter months. Things get colder and darker, pressures from the holidays mount, and the short burst of cheer from this or that function never seems to last long. Certainly none of it lasts long...
by Cathy Terranova | Sep 21, 2015 | Rethink Trauma, Uncategorized
This week I saw a video that was released on Lady Gaga’s VEVO channel by a group she is working in partnership with called The Hunting Ground. The video is in a larger sense connected to another group called It’s On Us. Lady Gaga performs a...
by Cathy Terranova | Sep 1, 2015 | Therapy
In a previous post I talk about all the reasons I hate therapy. Because I do. But it doesn’t matter if you hate it. There are compelling reasons to get off of your couch and go to someone else’s couch. You can go back and read the reasons, but for...
by Cathy Terranova | Aug 24, 2015 | Boundaries, Uncategorized
I once knew a lady who would say, “Don’t ask me how I am because I’ll tell you.” It’s a brave thing to tell people how we’re really feeling. I know with whom I can fake it, but there are some people in my life that when they...
by Cathy Terranova | Aug 6, 2015 | Therapy
I don’t like going to therapy. I don’t like talking to new therapists. I don’t like talking about my feelings. I don’t like talking about my traumas. I don’t like having to think of a “safe place”. I don’t like...
