Marc Gilbert-Widmann

Category: PTSD

  • Hemingway Quote of the Day 06APR 2014 ~ Trust

    “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them” Ernest Hemingway Related articles Printable: Ernest Hemingway Quote Quote of the Day Ernest Hemingway’s book of Death Getting the words right, quote by Ernest Hemingway Ernest Hemingway and the “Like” button. Heroes: Ernest Hemingway

  • Mindful Quote of the Day 27MAR 2014 ~ Groundlessness

    Underneath our ordinary lives, underneath all the talking we do, all the moving we do, all the thoughts in our minds, there’s a fundamental groundlessness. It’s there bubbling along all the time. We experience it as restlessness and edginess. We experience it as fear. It motivates passion, aggression, ignorance, jealousy, and pride, but we never […]

  • Happiness Quote of the Day 21 March 2014 – Mental Habits

    We have negative mental habits that come up over and over again. One of the most significant negative habits we should be aware of is that of constantly allowing our mind to run off into the future. Perhaps we got this from our parents. Carried away by our worries, we’re unable to live fully and […]

  • Anonymous Quote of the Day 14 March 2014 ~ I Am Safe

    I am safe and I am loved I am safe and I love I am safe and I love it I am safe i AM safe i am SAFE Related articles Anonymous Possibility Quote Anonymity Doesn’t Only Protect The Trolls (It Protects Nice People, Too) Countdown Has Begun 2 Anonymous Proxy is so great, We […]

  • Marc’s Mindful Thought of the Day 10Mar 2014 ~ Compassion

    Cultivation of compassion is not something you can just snap your fingers and obtain. Being compassionate towards others is something that has to come from mindfulness. Mindfulness keeps you in the present moment with focus on only the current moment. Avoiding negative thoughts and focusing attention only on the present moment, not what will happen […]

  • The Changing Face of my Dreams – 24 February 2014

    I don’t mean to be a tease, but the meat of this writing is under Thoreau… “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with success unexpected in common hours.” “Things do not change, we do.” “Be not simply good, […]

  • Quote of the Week 09FEB 2014 – Healing

    “Survivors who have actively faced their healing are some of the  most lively, spunky, brave, fun, wonderful people I know. There’s something about diving into the deepest pain in life and coming out whole, that leads us to enjoy each precious moment in life, because we know it’s all we’ve got. Instead of responding to […]

  • Narcissist Q/A – Friday the 13th – What Compels People to Take Advantage of Others?

    QUESTION: What Compels People to Take Advantage of Others? I don’t understand. ANSWER: The easy answer… people are bullies and sometimes people allow themselves to be taken advantage of for fear of loss. The complicated answer… Some people (narcissists) feel they are better, superior, in a different class and while it may manifest in many ways, […]

  • PTSD Therapist Number Three – A New Beginning

    I didn’t know what to expect. In fact, I had no expectations. I knew I didn’t want to go back… all the way back. I had hoped that it could be the way it was with PTSD therapist number two… Indirectly going back… creating that timeline of events in my life. Creating family tree(s). It […]

  • Surviving the Return of the Night Terror

    I JUST awoke from one of my haven’t seen you in awhile night terrors. I haven’t had one in six months or more. Maybe two in the last year (that I remember), but then, I have always remembered them. Used to have them every night. They are the only dreams that I remember in full. […]