Kali Dawson

“People who have PTSD are hyper-alert. Their immune system never rests—it’s seen so much danger that it’s scanning the environment constantly. That’s part of what makes PTSD so hard to live with.”
― Catherine Gildiner, Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Four Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery

“I asked what, if anything, therapy had done for her. I would have to say it changed my life for the better in every way. First and most important to me, I don’t have weird “seizures” anymore. That is HUGE, and that is thanks to your tireless work on tracking down “triggers” (such a misused and overused word these days that I can’t help but eye-roll when I use it) and explaining the process to me until I got it. It’s amazing how understanding what’s going on in my brain when that happens has allowed me to take control, and stop my brain from pulling the master switch when something threatens to awaken memories I don’t want to relive. So—although I hated every second of therapy, and was still throwing up and breaking out in rashes before sessions right up to the last year—it’s the best thing I’ve ever done for myself.”
― Catherine Gildiner, Good Morning, Monster: A Therapist Shares Four Heroic Stories of Emotional Recovery