Best Tweets for Trauma Survivors is a weekly Friday feature. My selections are entirely subjective, and I know it will never be possible to include every great resource tweeted. But I can try! I’ve personally read all tweeted links, and believe them to be of great value.

Disclaimer: I am in no way responsible for content found on any other website. Stay safe, and don’t follow links if you believe you might be triggered by them. Also, I will not be re-checking links from older Best Tweets posts, and if the site’s archived URL is different from the one I’ve provided here, you may need to do a search on their site.

Feel free to add any resources you found on Twitter in the comments. Thanks!

Standalone Tweets

@shanselman “If I procrastinate any more, I’m going to time travel into the past.”

@Splinteredones RT @jennyjoneses Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love. Lao Tzu

@PromiseToMe No one can go back and make a brand new start, my friend, but anyone can start from here and make a brand new end ~ Dan Zadra

@rcinstitute Truthful Tuesday: the only constructive way to look at yourself is with honesty plus compassion.
and
@rcinstitute Truthful Tuesday: telling yourself the truth is the first step to empowerment

@abandontheherd Mindfulness, focused awareness on the present moment, is the easiest antidote to mental unbalances.

@monicajane9 Life is a total thing. Sorrow, pain, anguish, joy, absurd idea, possession, envy, love, the aching misery of loneliness-all that is life. JK

@BigBookofYou Nothing that you are or have been is so ingrained that it can never be changed. ~Guy Finley #quote

@Tamavista “The only normal people are the one’s you don’t know very well.” Alfred Adler

@sojourner5 If you cannot be a poet, be the poem. ~David Carradine

@chalkmessages “The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.”

Linked Tweets

@Darkness2Light How to REACT when a child tells you they are being sexually abused

@drkkolmes Google Buzz Has A Huge Privacy Flaw RT @lanehartwell Mental health professionals using gmail may want to turn off buzz!

@GuilfordPsych Top 100 mental health and psychology blogs
[SEO: Some truly inspirational and informative blogs here!]

@psydir Many Veterans Not Getting Enough Treatment For PTSD

@AfterSilence You Are Going To Move Through This
[SEO: Powerful. Each survivor needs to hear this at some point.]

@VetsPrevail Caregiving strains families of vets with serious injuries Thanks to those who care for vets with visible or invisible wounds. #SOT #vets

@arttherapy Anxiety Disorder Impairs Emotional Control #psychology

@drcmblake Great Research: Brain Scans Track Happy Memories

@HealingTouchAz Behavioral Therapy Improves Sleep and Lives of Patients with Pain

@DepressionInfo Don’t just take them.. make sure you know the questions to ask about Antidepressants

@kris_burns Schedule Time for Play
[SEO: From “The Happiness Project” — great website]

@kris_burns Reading: Stillness is a Powerful Action
via @zen_habits

@kris_burns 50 Ways You Can Create a Better Day
[SEO: a @kris_burns trilogy! Thanks!]