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 | Mar 23, 2016 | Rethink Trauma
Global estimates put the number of enslaved persons between 21 and 30 million people. Million. Statistics point at 76 percent of those people being in forced labor. 22 percent of victims fall under the category of sex slavery. I don’t engage in the commercial...
by Cathy Terranova | Jan 5, 2016 | Rethink Trauma
I hate pants. Over the years I have cultivated a collection of items in my wardrobe that ensure I have to wear pants as little as possible. I really hate them. My skin is stupidly sensitive, so having denim rubbing on it all day makes me dry and itchy. I’m not...
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....
