Now I’m really listening to people
Wellways support worker Caitlin Kozmin recently completed the Wellways Intentional Peer Support Training. Here she talks about the experience and how it changed her relationships.
It all begins by checking myself at the door
Peter Davis is a Wellways support worker and writes about what it’s like to support people under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
I’ve finally found someone who’s listening, not talking
My life was spiralling downward emotionally. All this time I’d been trying to hold up and encourage everyone around me, while inside I’d been trying to overcome all of the monstrosities I’d witnessed. I hadn‘t been looking after myself. And it was taking all my strength to run on empty and not feel like a monster myself.
Cutting out the negative chatter: An approach that works for me
Seamus is a minds-eye creation who has been with me for many years. And he has been responsible for some harrowing times. The power he has wielded over me has been numbing. Who is this creation?
He’s an alter-ego, with a remarkable propensity to appear very real.
Survivor’s guilt
The concept of trauma and its effects have been written about since the ancient Greeks. Today we call it Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and it exists in many varied forms.