Gift From Within Gift From Within Dear Friends, I've received a few requests asking about coping strategies that have been useful for dealing with PTSD and the Holiday Season. Here are some words of wisdom. Please send me your strategies so I can add them to this list. Warmest regards, Joyce Advice from Frank Ochberg about how to cope with PTSD and the Holiday Season Holidays are notoriously difficult for those among us who are acutely aware of loss.
Days are short.
Gaiety is for others. Ceremony reminds us of what we are missing, rather than what we have. Survivors of cruelty and catastrophe are particularly affected by the commercialization of compassion. For those with PTSD and related conditions, we can limit our dose of exposure to difficult and dreaded stimuli. A previously abusive parent may be just such a stimulus.