Tag Archives: trauma

The Two Stones ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Sue Vincent

She shivered in the early winter chill and pulled the woolen cloak around her. The wind whipped her hair – always unruly – into her eyes. Her fingers stung. The day was above freezing, but the cold damp still had … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged Childhood trauma, creative writing, flash fiction, memory, No accident, secrets, short story, stream, trauma, village, violence, writephoto | 2 Comments

Fading ~ Na’ama Yehuda #writephoto

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Sue Vincent

They didn’t tell him he’d be seeing things. They didn’t tell him how cold he’d be, or how alone, or how desperately he’d miss even the smallest comforts. Like a hue that wasn’t on the scale of dirty-white to sort-of-gray. … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt, Photography | Tagged fading, fear, flash fiction, loneliness, micro fiction, peer-pressure, Photo Fiction, photo prompt, trauma, writephoto | Leave a comment

Out of nowhere

Posted on October 11, 2019 by Sue Vincent

Beckie at Beckie’s Mental Mess is running a series at present to highlight the many misunderstood aspects of mental health by asking people to write of their own experiences. This week, she is looking at the effects of PTSD. Ten … Continue reading →

Posted in Brain injury, Life, Memory | Tagged fear, horror, PTSD, reaction, trauma | 36 Comments

Traffic…

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The morning is silent. Even the usual distant traffic noise of the rush-hour mayhem is hushed. The busy road that runs through the village no longer channels the speeding cars and lorries that habitually thunder through this small village. My … Continue reading →

Posted in Brain injury, children, Life, Memory, terror | Tagged comfort, fear, flashbacks, imagination, mental health, post traumatic stress disorder, reaction, road accident, trauma | 40 Comments

It has seen everything by Sreeblogs #writephoto

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Sue Vincent

‘Jinia, come inside…food is served.’ Mom called from the kitchen window. I had been sitting in the backyard since morning; my eyes were fixed on the spot where it all happened. I hadn’t uttered a single word ever since that incident … Continue reading →

Posted in photo prompt | Tagged betray, challenge, crow, cunning, daughter, father, fiction, killer, lie, Life, Messenger, mother, murder, SAD, short story, suspense, thoughts, thriller, trauma, truth | 4 Comments

Memories of Spring – by Robbie Cheadle #writephoto

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Sue Vincent

This memory of Spring was written for Sue Vincent’s Thursday photo prompt – Spring #writephoto. You can join in by following this link: https://scvincent.com/2017/03/02/thursday-photo-prompt-spring-writephoto/ In South Africa, Spring usually arrives with a bang. One day it is cold and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Memories, photo prompt | Tagged fear, guns, real life, robbery, trauma | 2 Comments

Women’s Health Week Revisited – The Gift of Friendship by Sue Vincent

Posted on September 2, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Sally Cronin is revisiting her series on Women’s Health, with posts not only relevant to women. Please take a look at her website to read the articles. by both Sally herself and other writers. This was my contribution… Reblogged from … Continue reading →

Posted in Surviving brain injury | Tagged Echoes of Light, Laughter Lines, Life from the tail end, Life Lines, Mister Fox the Legend, PTSD, Stuart France, Sue Vincent, Sword of Destiny, The Initiate, The Silent Eye School of Consciousness, trauma, Women's Health | 4 Comments

Views from an Injured Brain by Nick Verron

Posted on March 11, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Holistic medicine is generally seen as ‘alternative’…. alternative to what? To the specialisms that treat individual aspects of any problem to the best of their ability, yet forget that a whole person is involved in any illness or injury. My … Continue reading →