by Donna Syed | Truthfairy Guide | Jul 17, 2016 | Truthfairy Project
I remember the moment a doctor suggested to me that I had been suffering from C-PTSD. While his diagnostic manual hadn’t quite caught up with the notion of “complex” PTSD, he knew a great deal about it. When he read the list of causes and related symptoms to me, I...
by Donna Syed | Truthfairy Guide | Jun 15, 2016 | Truthfairy Project
Nowadays, I go ahead and say things out-loud. Who’s with me? It used to take me a lot longer than it does now, but the not speaking up? That, my dear, is where the pressure really builds up–the moment you realize you lost your voice somewhere along the...
by Donna Syed | Truthfairy Guide | Jun 13, 2016 | Truthfairy Project
The title of this post is a quote from Martha Beck’s Wild New World. When I read it, I paused to consider whether I could answer her question honestly. “Without deep suffering, menders can’t possibly help the people who will later look into their...