Claudia Putnam: Writer: Poetry & Prose

Category: PTSD

Burning Down the Room

Sep 18, 2012

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Claudia Putnam

in Boulder Fire, Grief, Life Changes, Parenting, PTSD, Trauma, Wildfire

I just came back from visiting my son, now 21. As I think about my next steps in the world—I’ve moved into my third rental space in less than two years—it seems like a good time to post this draft of a blog post I found in my files recently. I’m not sure why it…
PTSD—What It’s Like

Dec 8, 2010

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Claudia Putnam

in Books, Grief, Life Changes, PTSD, Trauma, Wildfire

Ever had stage fright? I don’t mean the good kind. Where you have some butterflies in your stomach and a bit of a metallic taste in your mouth. Maybe that’s slightly unpleasant but it can also help you focus a little better and in the end it seems to come out all right. The audience…