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Dealing with Nightmares – When the Past Returns

Dealing with Nightmares – When the Past Returns

by Elizabeth Woods | Jun 6, 2023 | Guest Contributor, Nightmares, Triggers

Nightmares can be terrifying and all-encompassing for an individual who has suffered child abuse. Nightmares are one of the symptoms of Complex PTSD. They can happen out of the blue without anything triggering them in our conscious brains. They just happen because our...
Rewriting a Trauma Memory – A Survivor’s Story

Rewriting a Trauma Memory – A Survivor’s Story

by Elizabeth Woods | May 30, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor, Sexual Abuse, The Brain and CPTSD

TRIGGER WARNING – THIS POST DISCUSSES SEXUAL ABUSE  My name is Elizabeth and I am a survivor of sexual abuse. I suffered the worst abuse during my first years if you can call any sexual abuse worse than any other. I think the fact that I was so young made the...

The Restoring Ability of Nature

by Elizabeth Woods | May 10, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Nature, Self Care

Do you sometimes feel bone-aching exhaustion? What I am referring to is the tiredness you feel when you have depleted all mental and physical resources and your body just craves rest and relaxation. For survivors of CSA, sometimes sleep is just not enough, and our...
Relatives Who Do Not Respect Boundaries

Relatives Who Do Not Respect Boundaries

by Elizabeth Woods | Apr 19, 2023 | Boundaries, Guest Contributor

Relatives who do not respect boundaries I’m a survivor of CSA and horrific trauma. The law in most of the world states that you are not an adult until you turn 18. It means that until then, you are at the mercy of your parents. It doesn’t matter if your parents...

Positive Parenting After Being an Abuse Victim

by Elizabeth Woods | Apr 4, 2023 | CPTSD, CPTSD and Parenting, Guest Contributor

Becoming a parent is not for everyone. It is a huge responsibility and life-long commitment. If however, you decide that the risk to your freedom conquers the life that kids bring, is worth it, then why not? Kids bring a new sense of “freedom” and a life you can never...
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