MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'childhood trauma'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:46 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953270&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F06%2F17%2Fa-change-in-mr-gs-eye-exam%2F  Mr. G’s eye exam has been changed again, maybe for the last time, so that the antagonist, though dead for more than a decade, might only be identified by his last initial and the responsibilities he held. (Anyone familiar with the school at the time does not need to have him named.) I’m doing this [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953270 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 03:01:52 +0100 4953270 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4470514&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F12%2Fhope-as-verb-noun-andor-feeling%2F Everything I am feeling in this moment is in the context of having watched, via television and Twitter, the roller-coaster of events in Egypt these past 18 days, of having just listened to the Feb. 6 (2011) edition of Tapestry from CBC Radio with Mary Hines, and of having made the seemingly Herculean effort to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4470514 Sat, 12 Feb 2011 21:03:43 +0100 4470514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4455433&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F02%2F09%2Ftxt-telephone-or-blog-lets-talk-about-mental-illness%2F This is Bell Let’s Talk Day. Multiple Olympic medallist Clara Hughes, lead spokesperson for the campaign, was on CTV News in Toronto today. From among the calls she fielded came this articulate gem, “To kill the pain too often means to kill oneself.” However, and this was Clara’s message, help and hope are available to [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4455433 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:48:33 +0100 4455433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4436796&cid=t_106496_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F02%2F04%2Fbest-of-our-blogs-february-4-2011%2F I love what you have been sharing on our Facebook page recently. Reading about the things you love about your uniqueness has been very inspiring. (If you missed it, catch up here.) Some days it’s hard to love ourselves-the quirky things we say, our crooked smile, or how we need to be around people as much as we need to get away from them. The funny thing is that what makes us different is often what makes us so lovable. Simply because there is no single person on this earth like you. When you think about it, isn’t that pretty cool? In the world we live in, it is sometimes hard to love our unusual parts, the things that make us stand out from the crowd. But your uniqueness (the way you write, speak, walk and how you just are) is really a fingerprint, a distinct and permanent imp... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4436796 Fri, 04 Feb 2011 11:00:32 +0100 4436796 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4399759&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F25%2Fthe-shack-allegory-and-empathy-but-forgiveness%2F “I brought a book I think you’ll find interesting,” my cousin said as we sat down for lunch recently, handing me a paperback copy of The Shack by Wm. Paul Young. I will not suggest motives she might have had in giving me this book other than the fact that she knows, perhaps as much [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4399759 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:08:17 +0100 4399759 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4394687&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2011%2F01%2F25%2Fthe-shack-allegory-and-empathy-but-forgiveness%2F   “I brought a book I think you’ll find interesting,” my cousin said as we sat down for lunch recently, handing me a paperback copy of The Shack by Wm. Paul Young. I will not suggest motives she might have had in giving me this book other than the fact that she knows, perhaps as [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4394687 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:08:17 +0100 4394687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4298764&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F29%2Fit-gets-better-tops-2010-list%2F Dan Savage and husband Terry Miller started something in 2010 that Mark Kelley and the CBC Connect crew put at the top of Connect 10: A  Countdown of the most popular stories online in 2010. Responding to highly-publicized cases of bullying and suicides of gays and lesbians, the “It Gets Better” project was launched with [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4298764 Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:09:31 +0100 4298764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573892&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F17%2Fon-this-international-day-against-homophobia-and-trans-phobia%2F To Head Teacher/Principal wannabe Carl Glenn, who rarely missed an opportunity to taunt me, terrify me, pit me against his son and my other classmates; To the kids who teased me for the friends I chose; To those who often made the forty minute bus ride to and from high school each day so frightening; [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573892 Mon, 17 May 2010 13:58:15 +0100 3573892 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3570024&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F17%2Fon-this-international-day-against-homophobia-and-trans-phobia%2F To Head Teacher/Principal wannabe Carl Glenn, who rarely missed an opportunity to taunt me, terrify me, pit me against his son and my other classmates; To the kids who teased me for the friends I chose; To those who made the forty minute bus ride to and from high school each day so frightening; To [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3570024 Mon, 17 May 2010 13:58:15 +0100 3570024 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3457979&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F04%2F10%2Fself-forgiveness-even-when-it-seems-so-unnecessary%2F While I would acknowledge there are probably exceptional circumstances I am generally of the restorative justice point of view, as described by Correctional Service of Canada. The holiday weekend news that Graham James – variously described as “hockey predator Graham James”, “convicted pedophile Graham James”, etc. – had been pardoned for his repulsive crimes took a [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3457979 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:35:28 +0100 3457979 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3205072&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F24%2Fa-lament-for-haiti%2F It’s about so much more than re-building, regardless of whatever building codes might be enforced or unseemly ‘Shock Doctrine’ proposed. Those poor (literally) children. Thousands now orphaned in a country where too many already were. (How well, if not fondly, I remember the days when AIDS was first seen in ‘homosexuals, intravenous drug users [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3205072 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:57:38 +0100 3205072 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2832365&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F24%2Fwhat-makes-a-good-teacher%2F Another victim of my elementary school teacher-as-nemesis, Carl Glenn, has been in contact with me and I can’t describe the sense of validation I feel. It’s like having a friend in my corner, even if we were years apart. (I am also hoping he can jog a few memories about some of the [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2832365 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:27:36 +0100 2832365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2758052&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F01%2Fback-to-school-jitters-terror-call-it-what-you-may%2F Classes don’t resume until after Labour Day, and that doesn’t affect me any more, but the first of September has a Labour Day feel to it and I can’t help thinking about how privately frightening the first day back always seemed.  I say ‘privately’ because I had this 1960s idea that my parents would not [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2758052 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:21:39 +0100 2758052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2298743&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F27%2Fthe-ride-home%2F I may add more to this story as details come back to me. As I told a friend tonight, these rides home all seemed alike to me so it’s difficult to recall specific details of any one ride. It just boils down to a large chunk of bad memories during, as adults called [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2298743 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:22:58 +0100 2298743 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1508571&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F10%2Fthe-quiet-horror-of-residential-schools%2F As good a starting point as any, as the full gravity of the truth begins to come out, points assigned according to abuses suffered: “Repeated persistent anal or vaginal intercourse — 45-60 points. Penetration with an object — 36-44. Repeated, persistent fondling –11-25. Simulated intercourse — 11-25. Nude photographs taken — 5-10.” “One or more physical assaults [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1508571 Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:49:41 +0100 1508571 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1480766&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fbob-lovelace-at-little-norway-park-rally-2-1m45s.mov As today’s Day of Action march, from Queen’s Park to Toronto’s waterfront, brings to a close the Gathering of Mother Earth Protectors I am struck by the images and words of grandparents enjoying their rich First Nations culture with grandkids, something residential schools stripped away from them, of course, in their youth. Time and time [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1480766 Sat, 31 May 2008 04:09:26 +0100 1480766 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1475264&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F05%2F29%2Ffor-the-grandchildren%2F As today’s Day of Action march, from Queen’s Park to Toronto’s waterfront, brings to a close the Gathering of Mother Earth Protectors I am struck by the images and words of grandparents enjoying their rich First Nations culture with grandkids, something residential schools stripped away from them, of course, in their youth. Time and [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1475264 Thu, 29 May 2008 13:40:14 +0100 1475264 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=838802&cid=t_106496_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F09%2F04%2Fwhen-a-child-cant-remember%2F Filed under: Type 1, Childhood, Research, Opinion, Allie Beatty, Retro Review, PersonalitiesIn the fall of 1985, a very scary thing happened shortly after I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. One morning I woke up and I couldn't remember things I would normally remember. I couldn't remember the name of my neighbor's dog. I had a fanatical love for Cookie. Of course I would remember Cookie! A diabetic child would never forget such a sweet name for such an adorable dog! One more thing -- I had a pounding headache. My mom brought me to the hospital, where my endocrinologist met us. They ran test after test and nary could an expert explain my memory loss. They confirmed I was experiencing amnesia, which turned out to be temporary because I was back to normal the next day. How many people hav... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=838802 Tue, 04 Sep 2007 04:00:00 +0100 838802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=735563&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F15%2Fseeing-daylight-through-layers-of-secrecy%2F I am challenging myself to begin an exercise of trust, or at least vulnerability, by chipping through my secrecy.   So thick is my denial that I sometimes don’t even perceive myself as secretive.  This blog, where I have revealed more about myself than many would be comfortable doing, has surely been self-revealing.  However my secrecy is [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=735563 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 00:24:02 +0100 735563 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=720457&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F08%2Funder-the-weather-literally%2F Much-needed rain has come to Toronto and southern Ontario but, unfortunately, the low pressure system it rode in on has me writhing in pain from a head and shoulder ache - coincidentally, or not, in the spot where Mr. Glenn, Carl Glenn, used to dig his fingers into my shoulders as he strode up and [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=720457 Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:46:42 +0100 720457 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=714049&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F04%2Fabout-faceno-about-effacing%2F   I am “processing”, somewhat, a phone call I received from my beloved Mom last night. Forgive me if it seems morbid - but such topics tend to arise during the grieving process which, of course, the family continues to experience. Over the weekend, as Craig’s partner visited her in Perth for the first time since Craig’s burial [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=714049 Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:09:25 +0100 714049 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=707677&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F07%2F01%2Fmore-lemonade-anyone%2F I had a meeting with my prospective sponsor - she wants to talk some more but I think it’s a go - and I have taken up her challenge to examine the issue of “trust” in my life. We’re going to see each other at meetings this week and then meet again towards the end of [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=707677 Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:12:42 +0100 707677 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=704514&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F29%2Fopen-and-honest-or-just-plain-nuts%2F I wrote this today, in a Yahoo! group I belong to, in response to kudos for being “open” and “honest”. I have had a lot of experience being “open” about myself - different issues than my bipolar diagnosis in the last nine months or so (what a relief THAT was!) but issues that, in groups [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=704514 Fri, 29 Jun 2007 16:44:51 +0100 704514 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=696954&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F26%2Fthe-fog-of-renewing-sobriety%2F The opinions expressed (on both “outside” and inside issues) are those of the writer – that would be me! – and ought not be mistaken as being necessarily appropriate for a meeting of a 12 step fellowship (although they may well be, I do not know). Besides – hello! – while I may have more than 17 [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=696954 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:23:53 +0100 696954 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=687060&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F20%2Fdealing-with-whats-in-front-of-me-or-first-things-first%2F A careful read, between the lines and otherwise, will reveal in this blog my history of alcohol abuse.  I have also, for periods of time (two significant stints of ten and seven years of continuous sobriety) included myself in the fellowship of self-described recovering alcoholics. While it could be argued, and rightly so, that I am juggling a lot of plates [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=687060 Wed, 20 Jun 2007 21:29:14 +0100 687060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=683376&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F06%2F17%2Fnew-page-my-book%2F I’m responding to the challenge from Jamie to dare to dream that some of my most important blogging (now that’s definitely subjective) might one day be published in a more traditional book form. For now, you get a sneak preview as it is cobbled together at its most primitive stage. See it evolve, as I make the [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=683376 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:02:42 +0100 683376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=504925&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F27%2Fwith-no-apology-re-residential-schools-conservatives-fail-to-speak-for-canadians%2F As if the list was lacking, Jim Prentice has given more evidence that the Harper government does not speak for millions of Canadians in his refusal to apologize formally to the Assembly of First Nations regarding our residential schools legacy. (Click here for an excellent resource from Shannon Thunderbird.) Prentice’s hard line against adding an [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=504925 Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:38:32 +0100 504925 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552028&cid=t_106496_140_f&fid=35450&url=http%3A%2F%2Fofflabel.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fbipolar-child-paradigm.html Pretty much flat on my back thanks to Zoloft withdrawal - will try and post something a bit more substantial soon.Meanwhile, in view of the debate and interest that the so-called 'Bipolar Child Paradigm' has aroused, I'd be very interested to hear directly from those who experienced severe depressive episodes and/or behaviour that approximates the current DSM definition of mania for adults, between the ages of 5 and 12. By implication, I'm interested to hear from people who had these experiences as children in the '70s, '80s and early '90s, that is well before the explosion of interest in diagnosing the condition in children.And what position am I taking, at least initially? I believe that it is quite possible for children in this age group to suffer severe depression as well as episodes o... Off-Label blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552028 Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:53:00 +0100 552028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=495595&cid=t_106496_135_f&fid=35247&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmyjourneywithaids.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F03%2F10%2Fbartlemans-story-inspires-me-to-press-on%2F Before beginning this blog the autobiography I would like to write some day consisted of a few file folders in the My Documents section of my computer hard drive. The blog has, piecemeal I grant you, helped me see things from a slightly wider perspective. Whether my story ever becomes more than something [...] (Source: My journey with AIDS) My journey with AIDS blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=495595 Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:37:53 +0100 495595 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=552022&cid=t_106496_140_f&fid=35450&url=http%3A%2F%2Fofflabel.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F01%2Fyoull-get-better-as-long-as-you-dont.html If you're relatively young, female, and had repeated admissions to psychiatric wards or hospitals, it's quite likely that you've attracted the diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) at some point. In theory, BPD is diagnosed on the basis of exhibiting at least five out of the following nine symptoms, which form "a pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts": 1. frantic efforts to avoid real or imagined abandonment. Note: Do not include suicidal or self-mutilating behavior covered in Criterion 5. 2. a pattern of unstable and intense interpersonal relationships characterized by alternating between extremes of idealization and devaluation 3. ident... Off-Label blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=552022 Sun, 21 Jan 2007 04:36:00 +0100 552022