7 Unexpected Ways PTSD Affects My Life

Originally published in Everyday Feminism Magazine on August 2, 2016 By Sian Ferguson and re-published here with their permission I stood in front of a painting of sunflowers and breathed in deeply. In a few moments I’d be in a flood of tears. I start shaking, which evokes a concerned…

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When Men Hating You is a Measure of Success

Originally published on LindsayFischer.com on May 20, 2016 By Lindsay Fischer Women like me suffer with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Since May is Mental Health Awareness Month, some of my fellow PTSDers wanted to draw attention to the fact that men and soldiers are not the only ones who deal…

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