Support

I know that in my journey towards recovery, I have been lucky. Lucky because when I first was in this situation, I was never alone. A blog about illness can quickly become gloomy. Hopefully I can also tell you some of the positive things and experiences that has followed my diagnosis. This is one of...

Let it sink in!

I live in a country where public health care is affordable, available and the norm. My trauma was a national trauma, and therefore I began treatment even before I started having symptoms. But treatment is more than just “talking to a counsellor”. My PTSD-journey has been long, hard and bumpy. Mainly because I did not...

For science!

We don’t know much about the long term effects of surviving a terrorist attack. And there are still so much to learn about PTSD both in the short and the long run. As some of you might know, my PTSD stems from the 2011 terrorist attacks in Norway. There was a support system put in...

The morning after

An anxiety attack or a flash back takes quite a lot of energy. Every bit of my body's alarm system goes off.My breath quickens, or I can't breathe at all. My heart is beating like it is trying to fight it's way out of my chest. Every muscle in my body is tensed up and...

What is PTSD?

Many of us will during our lifetime experience some sort of a traumatic event. It can be an accident, violence, the sudden loss of a loved one, or something else. For most people, these events have a short term impact on our mental wellbeing, but as time passes, it fades and becomes a memory we...

Who am I?

Who am I? Why am I writing this? Why do I think someone would read this? My name is Karoline. Activist. Human. Nurse. Warrior. I live with a diagnosis called PTSD. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The reason I've decided to make this blog, is that when I was diagnosed, I saw my new diagnosis as...