Melissa Hartmann

Histologist - I cut body parts legally and professionally 🔬, Crazy Dog Lady 🐶, Fluent in Sarcasm 😬🤣.

[Melissa Hartmann @MDHartmann22]

@Nerdy_Addict @TimyNerdG I think she always had her moments 🤣

[Melissa Hartmann @MDHartmann22]

@Nerdy_Addict Are we sure we’re even at the correct address at this point? 👀

[Melissa Hartmann @MDHartmann22]

@Nerdy_Addict Why doesn’t AI just tell us who it is? 👀

[Living with Trauma & Dissociation @RhiaCrewe]

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[Living with Trauma & Dissociation @RhiaCrewe]

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[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

Being there for ourselves, having our own back, being on our own side, is more important to trauma recovery than "forgiving" anyone, "desensitizing" ourselves to anything, or "leaving the past in the past" (whatever the f*ck that actually means).

Breathe; blink; focus.

[Living with Trauma & Dissociation @RhiaCrewe]

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[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

Did you "overreact?" Eh, maybe-- but that's what a trigger is. We're reacting both to something here & now AND something not-here, not-now...& as far as our nervous system's concerned, it actually IS a proportional response.

No shame. We'll figure it out. It DOES track, somehow.

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

Being alone on a holiday or what "should" be a special occasion DOESN'T mean there's something wrong w/ you. There are LOTS of reasons why LOTS of people don't have a place to go on those days.

Don't let trauma convince you you're just the sum of your social opportunities.

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

Often it's NOT as simple as we get triggered, then we just get past it. Some people reading this know what it's like to get triggered, & have to spend a day or two recovering. IYKYK.

It's why it's frustrating when "triggered" gets tossed around to mean "annoyed" or "offended."

[Melissa Hartmann @MDHartmann22]

@tdippo @CoffindafferFBI But it is really humor? Lol!

[Melissa Hartmann @MDHartmann22]

@901Lulu I really hope the proper professionals step in to help him. So sad…

[Dr. Christine Marie Cocchiola @coercivecontrol]

Imagine being physically violated in some way - devastating, horrifying. Now imagine being psychologically violated - no one can see it. No one knows.
Now imagine telling someone & they deny or diminish it or worse say: it’s none of my business. Devastating, a compound trauma.

[Dr. Jen Wolkin | ADHD + Trauma Therapist @drjenwolkin]

Trauma did NOT make you stronger.

It traumatized you, broke your heart, dysregulated your nervous system, gave you PTSD, sleepless nights, trust issues, connection difficulty, almost killed you, and stole your will to live.

YOU made + make yourself stronger…through healing.

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

When we've spent the first few decades of our lives numbing the sh*t out of ourselves just to survive, we often wake up in adulthood to realize we still feel like a kid on the inside.

A lot of trauma recovery is the "growing up" we didn't have the safety to do back then.

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

An abuser doesn't recognize you as an individual person in your world. They see you as a character in theirs. To suggest you make amends, or learn to understand this type of person, is to suggest you leave reality & once again adapt back to the character they've created for you.

[Melissa Hartmann @MDHartmann22]

EFF YES!!!

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

Please stop encouraging reconciliation when the person who did the harm isn’t even sorry.

[Nate Postlethwait @nate_postlethwt]

Loyalty is not owed to anyone, anywhere. You offer loyalty when it’s rooted in mutual respect. Forced loyalty to someone who is hurting you is called abuse.

[Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays]

Trauma survivors' "problem" is NOT that we can't endure hard things. We've been enduring hard things for most of our lives-- you don't know.

It's more that our nervous system is exhausted & misfiring when it comes to things that the rest of the world thinks "should" be "easy."