Matt Pappas

  Last night might have been one of the worst attempts at sleeping that I think I’ve experienced in a very long time. Normally I don’t have much of a problem crashing out at night.…

  So, one of the things that we’ve covered in my therapy sessions in recent months since really diving into my past trauma as a child, is at some point being able to have more…

This is something I think about often, especially when thinking about the flashbacks that I have from the childhood sexual trauma.  By the way, it took me a long time to even be able to…

So yesterday was a therapy session for me, admittedly one of the events each week that I look forward to the most, next to seeing my kids. When your therapist is such a lifeline for you and…

I think that’s the worst feeling of all, but interesting how in my tracker sheet over the last few weeks, I haven’t used that feeling until today. Why is that?  Maybe because it was just so…

Going over my most recent tracking sheet from the past 7 days, it’s evident that overwhelming feelings of loneliness and sadness were prevalent throughout the week. I battled with reaching out to people of my…

According to my therapist, people do sometimes heal from past trauma without remembering every detail.  I find that really hard to believe. To me it’s like my past is a puzzle.  I have maybe half of…

Before I go into a bit of detail, this following entry was written in my personal journal last week after a therapy session, and it was a bit of a breakthrough moment.  I say that…