Reaching Out of the Darkness – Finding the Courage to Ask for Help
Recently I was speaking with a woman who recounted a deeply difficult experience she had undergone a number of years ago. This experience had spanned the course of a number of months, during which she had been witness to daily traumas. Even as she wished that she could remove herself from the situation, she found herself not knowing how to do so until a number of months later.
She described to me the isolation she had felt and how she had shouldered the burden largely on her own. She did not feel that she could reach out for support at the time, afraid of overwhelming those around her. She let me in to her story from that difficult period, the depression she had weathered and the toll that it continues to take upon her mental health as she now wrestles, working through PTSD. Thankfully, she was able to move forward and has engaged a support team to assist her in her healing journey.
