Tag Archives: trauma

Navigating Ambiguous Loss

Posted on May 20, 2020 by Lisette d. Johnson

The global pandemic has thrust us into a sudden state of shared trauma. The rug feels like it’s been pulled out from under our feet as everything about our world changed in a moment. At first reeling, most of us … Continue reading →

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Traveler

Posted on July 20, 2014 by Lisette d. Johnson

It took about two years for PTSD to hit full force. Once the exhilaration of survival yielded to the resumption of normalcy in everyday activities, my defenses were lowered and the protected boundaries were left wide open. As it does, … Continue reading →

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Searching for Serenity

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Lisette d. Johnson

There is an exhilaration in survival, in the sheer victory of beating seeming insurmountable odds. Combined with a wonderment of seeing and experiencing it all with fresh eyes and renewed mind, one experiences a sort of a cockiness; a middle … Continue reading →

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The Children

Posted on April 12, 2014 by Lisette d. Johnson

Another blank screen stares defiantly back at me, and my heart sinks at writing the words clambering to exit, as though maybe to keep them will somehow maintain some sense of order in our lives. To write them leaves me … Continue reading →

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Hesperus

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Lisette d. Johnson

I have been writing well over a year now. Finally there are periods of the day where it does not consume me. Nights, however, nights continue to be dark. I cannot escape from my dreams, creeping in, stealing the peacefulness … Continue reading →

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