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The Part of Healing We Don’t Talk About Enough
There’s a moment many people on a healing path quietly come to - often after years of trying, pushing, and doing all the “right” things. It’s the moment they realize:“I thought I had moved on…so why...
Whose Grave Was It Anyways?
My father died on June 6, 1998. My mother died on June 8, 2025, at the age of 89, 27 years after her husband almost to the day. On the day my father passed away, my mother, Gretchen, began digging a...
Shattered Reflections: How Truth Demolishes Family Illusions
Summer is coming, and the county fair will be a highlight as always. As a child, I enjoyed the Ferris wheel, the smell of kettle corn, and cinnamon buns. The Fun Zone delivered excitement with...
8 Things Survivors Need to Stop Apologizing For | Part 3 | Feeling Angry
Anger is not proof you're broken. Sometimes it's your nervous system finally saying, "That wasn't okay." What has your anger taught you? Click Here to view video by Rachel Grant (opens in new tab)...
What CPTSD Actually Feels Like for Men
There’s a weird thing that happens when you’re a male survivor of childhood abuse and you grow up. You live your life without announcing what happened to you as a kid. There’s no guidebook to...
“I Feel Wrong… As A Human” Healing Existential Shame
Do you flinch at the slightest critique? Do you obsess over small mistakes? How a core belief that you are unacceptable as a human being can blow up your life. And what to do about it. When the...
Spirituality and Healing the Effects of Trauma
Spirituality. I truly don’t think I’d be here today without it—without my unwavering belief that there is something larger than all of this, something beyond me and my past traumas that gives my...
Sitting with my Inner Child
“SITTING WITH MY INNER CHILD” When I started on the healing journey as I call it from my abusive childhood, one very important tool that I learned to do is sit with my inner child. I am a child...
I’m Becoming One of THOSE People!
I'm becoming the kind of person I used to warn myself about. Optimistic and joyful adults who flutter about the room with childlike glee used to scare the crap out of me. With slight annoyance and a...
Becoming an Adult In Childhood: Ancient Innocence
As one day slid into the next, I transitioned from the final seconds of childhood into adulthood. Covering my head with a pillow to dampen the screams at the other end of the trailer, I only felt...
From Touch-Starved to Touch-Afraid: The lasting impact of touch deprivation
Growing up without affection can shape the way we seek and avoid love. On my thirteenth birthday my mother drove me to a mental hospital in Chicago. She claimed she couldn’t ‘handle’ me anymore....
Once, I Dropped My Basket
My whole world had fallen apart at the seams. What was left, after everything was said and done, was myself, a six-man tent, everything I owned in a backpack, and my dog.I had run away from...
What is Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?
“Complex PTSD comes in response to chronic traumatization over the course of months or, more often, years. This can include emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuses, domestic violence, living in a war zone, being held captive, human trafficking, and other organized rings of abuse, and more. While there are exceptional circumstances where adults develop C-PTSD, it is most often seen in those whose trauma occurred in childhood”.
