by Cathy Terranova | May 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
I have a complicated relationship with holidays. By far the most complicated of which is one to make Freud proud: Mother’s Day. I stay home from church to avoid sermons about mothers and all we owe them and how God sees motherhood. I limit the mother-lauding...
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....
by Cathy Terranova | Dec 29, 2014 | Rethink Trauma, Uncategorized
The holidays are my husband’s favorite time of year. He loves decorating, shopping for gifts, wrapping presents, and seeing people’s faces when they open what he’s gotten them. He loves Christmas trees, Advent calendars, Christmas stories, claymation...