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Derryen Plante
Sep 28, 20212 min read
The Productivity/Trauma Connection
Each person who experiences trauma develops a different way to cope with what happened to them. Some of those coping mechanisms are...
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Derryen Plante
Aug 27, 20212 min read
Supporting Those Who Fall Through the Cracks
Mental health treatment, as many of us know, can be incredibly expensive, even if you have insurance. More and more people are seeking...
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Derryen Plante
Jul 31, 20212 min read
Excerpted from You’ve Got Some Nerve
If someone is in crutches or in a cast, people can visually see that they are physically injured. They automatically know they will...
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Derryen Plante
Apr 3, 20213 min read
Excerpted from You’ve Got Some Nerve
Mental illnesses? That isn’t me, I thought; I was only at this session because it was one of the dozens of rehabilitation appointments on...
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Derryen Plante
Apr 3, 20212 min read
Five Mental Health Options for Treating PTSD
When you undergo a trauma of any kind, there are often residual effects that can impact your life for weeks, months, or even years. When...
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Derryen Plante
Apr 3, 20212 min read
Understanding the PTSD Journey
"What would you do if the worst thing that ever happened to you felt like it kept happening?" That quote is from former U.S. Army Captain...
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Derryen Plante
Apr 3, 20212 min read
The PTSD Self-Test
This week, I came across a great resource called The PTSD Self-Test. Not only does this site have a wealth of statistics, resources, and...
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Derryen Plante
Mar 20, 20212 min read
Excerpted from You’ve Got Some Nerve: The Battle Back from an Invisible Injury
New Beginnings Despite physically improving and doing well in therapy, my relationship with my boyfriend started to fall apart. I tried...
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Derryen Plante
Mar 6, 20213 min read
Spring Cleaning for Your Inner Self
As the weather warms and we move into spring, most people start cleaning out their closets and garages. They pare down, open up the...
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Derryen Plante
Feb 8, 20213 min read
If You Love Them, Have the Conversations
This month, we have focused on relationships, both with yourself and with others, and the impact on those relationships that trauma or...
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Derryen Plante
Feb 8, 20213 min read
Self-Love in the Wake of Trauma
February is the month of hearts and flowers, a time when an idealized version of love is celebrated through overpriced roses and fancy...
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Derryen Plante
Jan 31, 20212 min read
Excerpt from You’ve Got Some Nerve
If someone is in crutches or in a cast, people can visually see that they are physically injured. They automatically know they will...
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Derryen Plante
Jan 8, 20211 min read
Reader Views - Author Interview
Delighted to have had the opportunity to sit down with Sheri Hoyte and discuss the impact of brain injury and my journey through...
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Derryen Plante
Dec 31, 20203 min read
Expect Less and Empower More
Expectations. Joan Didion once said, “To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves—there lies the great,...
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