by Cathy Terranova | Sep 15, 2014 | Rethink Trauma
Diane Langberg’s book, On the Threshold of Hope, is full of wise and healing advice. So much so, that I couldn’t actually get past a particular chapter. Turns out, there are things even I would rather not face head on. What a lot of survivors...
by Cathy Terranova | Sep 8, 2014 | Rethink Trauma
It was during a one act competition my junior year that I ironically won an award for playing a young actress who was struggling with dissociative identity disorder.I had no idea what was waiting in my mind. Looking at this picture I see a very different...
by Cathy Terranova | Aug 18, 2014 | Rethink Trauma, Uncategorized
Everyone’s life is different. It’s just the truth. It seems that there are just as many disabilities as abilities and we see story after story of people overcoming obstacles. I just saw that someone- that I admit I was not particularly fond of in high...
by Cathy Terranova | Jul 28, 2014 | Rethink Trauma
Decapitation and other severed body parts are common in surrealist art, especially, of the female form and I can’t help but feel like this woman. Often. It seems lately that for every step I take forward, several are lost. For the amount of hours I clock with my...
by Cathy Terranova | Jul 14, 2014 | Rethink Trauma
I was inspired this week by a friend, Kait, who could tell you the first, second, and third thing about struggling with chronic illness. She posted about having to give up an opportunity to study abroad in order to begin a more intensive medical regimen to push...
