Awareness posters & Ribbons for PTSD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, trauma and abuse

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Awareness Posters & Ribbons

PTSD Awareness Ribbons

Teal is the color for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder awareness
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month is June
The teal is also used for Sexual Violence, Sexual Assault/Abuse, Dissociative Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, OCD and Ovarian Cancer awareness [1]
There is a PTSD and TBI ribbon, which is yellow and black ribbon. This was designed for military veterans with PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Teal (Sexual Violence)[1] and Purple (Domestic Violence)[1] are sometimes combined in a purple and teal multicolored ribbon

Posttraumtic Stress Disorder Awareness Month

June is PTSD Awareness month
June 27 is PTSD Awareness Day
View PTSD Awareness month resources (U.S. Department of Veterans' Affairs)

I am fighting PTSD ribbon by traumadissociation.com — I am fighting PTSD ribbon
Based on Teal ribbon by MesserWoland. License

Complex PTSD Awareness Ribbon by traumadissociation.com — Complex PTSD teal ribbon
Based on Teal ribbon by MesserWoland. License

Dissociative Disorders ribbon by traumadissociation.com — Dissociative Disorders ribbon
Based on Teal ribbon by MesserWoland. License

PTSD and TBI Ribbon

Ribbons for Troops created the PTSD and TBI ribbon, alternatively called the Military with PTSD ribbon, using the follow colors:

yellow the color for supporting the military, a sign of waiting until troops they return home
black representing the dark part and unknown future of the troops and their families
red is not always used in the ribbon, a red stripe or star represents rage and anger, which are common symptoms of PTSD and brain injury.[3], [4]

Traumatic Brain Injury is a physical head injury common in veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, and a number of symptoms overlap with PTSD. [5]

PTSD Icons

All resized from the Teal ribbon by MesserWoland.

Dissociative Identity Disorder/MPD awareness ribbon

Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Ribbon original from copingincrazyville.com — Dissociative Identity Disorder awareness ribbon
Credit: http://www.copingincrazyville.com. License.

This multicolored ribbon was inspired by a patchwork quilt, "a lot of pieces patched together to make something new".[2] It uses the jigsaw analogy found in the Autism Awareness ribbon.

The DID ribbon's license allows anyone to copy and/or adapt it, as long as the original creator is credited by a link back to http://www.copingincrazyville.com.[2]

More about the Dissociative Identity Disorder ribbon:

Creating the DID ribbon (external link)
CafePress store from the ribbon's creator (external link)

Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day

This originally started as National Multiple Personality Day, held on March 5 each year. In 2015, June 1 was used as an unofficial Dissociative Identity Disorder Awareness Day for the first time. The teal ribbon used for Posttrauatic Stress Disorder is also used for Dissociative Disorders, but a new ribbon was created for Dissociative Identity Disorder in 2008.

Trauma and Abuse Ribbons

Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Awareness Ribbon, purple and teal — Domestic Violence and Sexual Violence Awareness Ribbon
Based on Purple ribbon by MesserWoland. License

Support male survivors ribbon by traumadissociation.com — Support Male Survivors ribbon
Based on Teal ribbon by MesserWoland. License

Borderline Personality Disorder

May is BPD Awareness month, the ribbon color is gray [1]
Childhood abuse is very common in people who develop BPD, around a third also have PTSD [5]

Borderline Personality Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder ribbons intertwined, with those words written on each, on white background (modified from the gray and teal ribbon by MesserWoland on wikimedia commons) #BPD #borderline #PTSD — BPD and PTSD ribbons
Based on Teal and ribbons by MesserWoland. License

Awareness posters

Facebook and google plus covers

Profile Photos

These are normally need square images. Recommended profile sizes updated Aug 2015
Click an image to download the profile picture in the right size.

Facebook profile 180x180 (or larger)
Google plus profile 250x250 (or larger) & Gravatar avatar (any size)
Twitter and Linkedin profile 400x400
Pinterest profile 600x600 (displayed as 165x165)
Youtube profile 800x800

References

Langtree, I. (2016, June 24). Awareness Ribbons Chart: Color & Meaning of Awareness Ribbon Causes. Retrieved July 01, 2016. Disabled World.
Coping In Crazyville, DID MPD Awareness ribbon links and info. Retrieved Aug 23, 2015.
Ribbons for Troops, About Us. Retrieved Aug 23, 2015, from http://web.archive.org/web/20150204152412/http://awarenessribbonsptsd.com/about-us.php.
Military with PTSD facebook page, PTSD and TBI awareness ribbon. Retrieved Aug 23, 2015.
Silver, J. M., McAllister, T. W., & Yudofsky, S. C. (2011). Textbook of traumatic brain injury. American Psychiatric Pub. ISBN 1585629561.
Pagura, J., Stein, M. B., Bolton, J. M., Cox, B. J., Grant, B., & Sareen, J. (2010). Comorbidity of borderline personality disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in the US population. Journal of psychiatric research, 44(16), 1190-1198. PMID: 4209725.

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