A Place Safe from PTSD

Learn how the safe place exercise can help you lower anxiety

Hiller’s Creek was my childhood oasis, safe from all stresses.

When I was 11, I spent my afternoons and summer days in a land of adventure. Usually armed with a book, I would take off from my home in central Missouri and climb over a mountain. I’d sidestep exotic reptiles and other such skittish critters on my journey. Giant mammals would stare at the funny human walking by.