by Jess | Dec 31, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Most Helpful - 2 Stars, Patron Season 03, Seasons, Subscriber Content, Voted Most Helpful
Information is hard for a traumatized brain to process. We tend to carry unintegrated bits of data, which make living a directed life unmanageable. So start the new year on a better foot. Lay 2020 to rest with a few analytical activities to better recognize where...
by Jess | Dec 29, 2020 | Subscriber Content, Ask Me Anything, Git Changing | Advanced, Patron Season 03, Seasons
Is therapy necessary for CPTSD recovery?
by Jess | Dec 28, 2020 | Blog, Holiday Survival, Public Blog, Transcripts
So here we are, Fuckers. At the end of 2020. The days that we’ve all waited for. Do we all logically realize that today is no different than tomorrow in a practical sense? That this is an imaginary line drawn between planetary rotations? That the events of one...
by Jess | Dec 27, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Patron Season 03, Seasons, Subscriber Content
It’s the end of the year, Fuckers. I’m looking at the changes coming for TMFRs in 2021 – surprise, new community coming at you hot – and where we’ve been already.
by Jess | Dec 24, 2020 | Subscriber Content, Bonus Episodes, Git Changing | Advanced, Holiday Survival, Patron Season 03, Seasons, Series
It’s that time. Joy to the world? MF right. Have some quick reminders about how to handle the holidays. Plus, the free TMFR tee winner is revealed!
by Jess | Dec 24, 2020 | Public Blog, Blog, Jess Journals
So who’s looking at a challenging week here? While it seems like the rest of the world rejoices, you are in a very different “spirit” than they seem to foster. Maybe one of dread, disappointment, and anxiety? Emptiness? Frustration? Defeat? Sounds like my holidays...
by Jess | Dec 19, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Most Helpful - 3 Stars, Patron Season 03, Seasons, Subscriber Content, Voted Most Helpful
What else needs to be said? Even after years of trauma progress, backslides happen. Mental illness pops up when you least expect it. Dark, depressing day and anxious, angry afternoons. And your response? To berate the hell out of yourself? Right. Today, we’re...
by tmfrscom | Dec 17, 2020 | Subscriber Content, Git Educated | Intermediate, Relationship Misc.
Taking another look at rumination. So I recently talked about how rumination and PTSD interplay. Shockingly, it turns out that rumination is a predictor – a possible pre-existing condition – to post-traumatic symptom development. Which, again, has boggled...
by Jess | Dec 16, 2020 | Public Blog, Blog, LIVING with Complex Trauma, RECOVERY, Tools and Resources, Transcripts
You know those days when you wake up with something shoved farrrr up your butt? Sorry, that was especially crude. If that actually happens to you, I have questions about how much Ambien you’re taking. What I really mean is, from the moment you open your eyes,...
by Jess | Dec 14, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Most Helpful - 3 Stars, Patron Season 03, Seasons, Subscriber Content, Voted Most Helpful
Ever get stuck endlessly cycling through unwanted thoughts? Wonder where rumination ends and your trauma begins? Today, I’m talking about the overlap between ruminatory thought patterns, depression, and PTSD. The research says: they share a similar brain...
by Jess | Dec 14, 2020 | Blog, Education, LIVING with Complex Trauma, Public Blog, Tools and Resources, Transcripts
Today I wanted to take a step back and talk about something that I researched relatively recently for a different project. Something that has only become more relevant in my life as this post has sat around, untouched. The connections between rumination, depression,...
by tmfrscom | Dec 13, 2020 | Subscriber Content, Git Educated | Intermediate
Hey friends. Long time no talk. I want to say “I’m sorry” for not putting out more personal posts lately, but I’m also trying to break myself of the habit of perpetually apologizing. So…. “Deal with it”? Just kidding....
by tmfrscom | Dec 9, 2020 | Subscriber Content, Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Patron Season 03, Repost, Seasons
Originally published July 2020, see those episodes for similar vibes. Sometimes I slip up and mention things relating to my personal belief system… honestly, I feel a bit embarrassed by it and I don’t want to push it on anyone. I try to keep my mouth...
by tmfrscom | Dec 9, 2020 | Subscriber Content, Git Changing | Advanced, Git Educated | Intermediate, Most Helpful - 2 Stars, Patron Season 03, Seasons, Voted Most Helpful
December 9th, 2020 TW – it’s another dead dad episode. Ever wonder why Motherfuckers who learn to deal with their PTSD also seem to have a sense of spirituality and self-direction? It’s not an accident. Today, we’re talking about the function...
by Jess | Dec 7, 2020 | Blog, Jess Journals, LIVING with Complex Trauma, Public Blog, Transcripts
Depression, amiright? I’ve got it. Always had it, as far as I can tell. It’s not always knocking me out at the knees, but when it comes calling with determination, I fall on my ass pretty hard. Right now, I’m about halfway there. I’m not, “ready to be put...
by Jess | Dec 6, 2020 | Blog, Member Posts, MF Speaks, Public Blog
In many ways, my story is one of privilege. I’m a white man who grew up in white suburbs. I was educated well. I’ve thrived as a lawyer. Trauma, however, respects no privilege. My mother’s father looked like a small-town Southern gentleman. At home, he was an...
by Jess | Dec 5, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Patron Season 03, Seasons, Subscriber Content
Ever feel like you’re about 3 humans rolled into one? Maybe anxiety and depression are to blame, more than your fears of multiple personality disorder is on-point. Today, I’m talking about the vastly different influences of the high and low energy states...
by Jess | Dec 3, 2020 | Blog, Brain Operations, Education, LIVING with Complex Trauma, Public Blog, Tools and Resources, Transcripts
Hey y’all, how’s your week going? It’s a sunshiney Wednesday morning over here, with a morning Archie walk that clocked in at 27 degrees Fahrenheit around 6am, and a high of 45 degrees that means I’ll absolutely be taking an afternoon anxiety...
by Jess | Dec 2, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Most Helpful - 3 Stars, Patron Season 03, Seasons, Subscriber Content, Voted Most Helpful
Back to the science! Ever feel like an amnesiac disaster when you can’t seem to remember a single thing… or, at least, not a single thing that you want to remember? Wonder why your brain seems to have an extra long “buffering” time with new...
