PTSD Archives - Karen Tyrrell Author

Bully Prevention Resilience Angus & Robertson

YAY! I will share bully prevention and resilience tips at Angus & Robertson book stores. As a bullied teacher, I reveal my recovery story from parent-teacher bullying and PTSD. I will sign copies of my award winning mental health, bully prevention and resilience books for kids and grown-ups.

I’m SO excited as this is my […]

How I Manage Mental Illness

Karen Tyrrell: Me and Him: A Guide to Recovery

I proudly shared my victory over parent-teacher bullying, bipolar disorder and PTSD with a mental health forum, to help those struggling with mental illness.

Kasia O’Shea, a manager at Richmond Fellowship Queensland had requested I reveal my personal story behind Me & […]

How to Bounce Back from Life’s Challenges

SH*T happens! Our lives derail off the track …

Accidents happen! … Things break! … We get sick! … We lose our jobs and precious family and friends! … Or worse still, we become mentally ill.

My Confession …

When I taught as a school teacher, parents harassed me until breaking point.

I developed severe […]

My NEXT book is coming soon!!

WOOHOO! My mental health picture book for KIDS will be launching soon.

I’ve collaborated with a super talented children’s illustrator to create a picture book empowering children, families and classrooms.

I’m so excited I could burst!!

My personal story…

As a school teacher, parents repeatedly harassed me until I could take no more.

I developed […]

How to Laugh MORE and Stress LESS

Laughter empowered me to overcome Madness, Mania and Mayhem …

On the way to involuntary psychiatric treatment, I shared jokes making police laugh.

I unwittingly used humor to empower myself to lessen my anxiety and stress.

At the psyche hospital, I requested smiles from the nurses.

At bedtime, I watched Comedy Shows soothing my screaming […]

Winners ME & HIM: A Guide to Recovery Giveaway

Thanks for leaving your brilliant comments on ME & HIM: A Guide to Recovery giveaway competition. The standard was so HIGH making my decision difficult.

DRUMROLL… The winners are… Signed ME & HIM: A Guide to Recovery goes to Sam Eeles And the eBook ME & HIM goes to Ree Johnson.

For those who didn’t […]

TV Interview Violence in Schools Today Tonight

Today Tonight interviewed me as a bullied Australian teacher now mental health advocate for their TV investigation Violence in Schools.

Today Tonight filmed me flicking through my tell-all story Me and Her: A Memoir of Madness, how I was catapulted from abused teacher into the psychiatric system suffering night terrors, mania and PTSD.

Me […]

FREE eBook: Top 30 Tools for Mental Wellness

SQUEE! I’m launching my FREE eBook Top 30 Tools for Wellness :Healthy Mind, Happy Day. 30 Mental Wellness tools to help you feel happier, healthier and mentally stronger.

Get your FREE copy of this powerful eBook that lists step-by-step how to live each day happier, healthier and mentally stronger … using successful healing techniques.

And […]

SECRETS to Balancing your Emotions

Are you sick of riding the emotional Rollercoaster?

Consumed by stress, worry, anger, guilt or depression?

Do you want to be in control of your emotions? … Be filled with an inner calm and peace? … With a deep optimism that everything will be alright?

I was stressed to the max, after parents at my […]