As we round out the latest year in the twenty-first century, most people these days are familiar with the acronym “TBI” standing for “traumatic brain injury.” Most of us know someone who has one. We may even have a TBI survivor in our immediate or extended family. Perhaps you are even a survivor yourself. Whatever your relationship to TBIs may be, you likely know some of their most common causes.
Posted by Jacqueline on December 7, 2021
https://justonetake.com/2021/12/07/surviving-a-brain-injury-and-domestic-violence-is-not-an-unlikely-combination/
It all began on a summer’s eve in July 2017 when my husband told me that he had slept with my sister and that he was leaving me. Which news was worse is debatable. If his aim was to cut me deepest, he couldn’t have chosen better timing. I had recently been fired from my job because of excessive panic attacks which led to hospitalization at a local mental health institution. Additionally, I had been brutally raped about a month prior by a man he had introduced me to as a friend. Earlier that day, I had been informed by the states attorney’s office that there would be no prosecution for the crime – even though a handgun and a minor child had been involved. I already felt destroyed. His actions ensured I would stay that way for a long time.
Posted by Jacqueline on November 7, 2019
https://justonetake.com/2019/11/07/it-all-began-on-a-summers-eve/
Dear Richard,
We’ve recently welcomed a new year and today is your birthday, so it’s to be expected that you’re up late taking stock of the state of your life and I’m not surprised that you seem to be finding yourself unhappy. I can certainly relate to that sentiment.
Posted by Jacqueline on January 3, 2019
https://justonetake.com/2019/01/03/changing-the-conversation/
Posted by Jacqueline on December 3, 2018
https://justonetake.com/2018/12/03/what-a-borderline-personality-breakdown-looks-like/
Art by Jill Battaglia
“He was supposed to protect me,” she thought with angry tears in her eyes as the rain fell hard against the windows of her car. That singular thought swirling over and over in her mind like creamer in coffee. “He was supposed to protect me.”
But he didn’t. He had left her. He abandoned her. And he gave no indication that he had any capacity left to care for her at all. In that moment, she couldn’t ever remember feeling so alone.
Posted by Jacqueline on July 9, 2018
https://justonetake.com/2018/07/09/nothing/
image credit to https://vimeo.com/73449991
May 20, 2017 @ 6:29 a.m.
Who is my Heisenberg?
I have a mental illness. This is not something I chose. This is not something of which I am proud. This is not something I want any more than Walter White wanted to have cancer. But our earnest desires couldn’t save either of us from the painful truth.
Posted by Jacqueline on May 25, 2017
https://justonetake.com/2017/05/25/who-is-my-heisenberg/
Content note: discussion of sexual assault, rape, depression
I haven’t blogged in months. Three-and-a-half months, roughly. On Monday, I wrote about how depressed I was most of the summer, and that’s part of the story.
Posted by Jacqueline on September 2, 2015
https://justonetake.com/2015/09/02/survivors-digging-deep-and-the-exhausting-nature-of-rage/
Written by D.O.
Holidays can be a time of great joy. This past year, my holiday season was filled with gifts of generosity, the love of family and friends, and sounds of laughter that sang such a sweet ambient melody I couldn’t help but stop for a moment to bask in the peaceful joy of it all – even amid the hustle and bustle that can also accompany the latter months of the year. (more…)
Posted by Jacqueline on February 22, 2013
https://justonetake.com/2013/02/22/the-importance-of-prevention/
I have recently been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder. It is an aptly named “disease” – though it is not a mental illness. It is a normal reaction to a traumatic life event.
Posted by Jacqueline on January 26, 2013
https://justonetake.com/2013/01/26/how-to-support-someone-with-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-part-one/
Just One Take 