Interview Colleen Cira
Dr. Colleen Cira is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who specializes in Women and Trauma, so she has worked with hundreds of people struggling with PTSD or Complex PTSD. Here are a few talking points on the subject of PTSD:
Why is it harder for women to admit they have the disorder?
- If I may, I’d like to rewind back for a second because a lot of women simply don’t know they have PTSD! Women often internalize—it means instead of searching for answers in their world or circumstance, they assume that something is wrong with THEM. So they might not attribute their own thoughts, feelings or behaviors to something that happened to them because they just figure this is who they are. Continue reading “PTSD Symptoms in Women: Unnoticed and Undiagnosed”