by Heather Jurvelin | Jul 23, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, CPTSD, Post Traumatic Growth
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 exhaustion as I crossed the threshold between ages 17 and 18. I wondered...
by Heather Jurvelin | Jul 23, 2026 | Anxiety, Post Traumatic Growth
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 lot of internal head-scratching, I wondered what they were so...
by Heather Jurvelin | Jun 24, 2026 | CPTSD Poetry, Emotional Wellness, Mindfulness, Self Regulation
Just when I thought I couldn’t feel any worse, my mom’s accusatory words cut into my soul like shrapnel. Her words embedded themselves in my heart and mind: “You don’t know how to be happy.” Sometimes she delivered the extended version, her lip curled in...
by Heather Jurvelin | May 7, 2026 | Anxiety, CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Hypervigilance
When is it a good time to admit to your therapist that you have literally army crawled through your house like Rambo to avoid answering the door? I surely can’t be the only one to pin myself up against the wall and peek through the curtains, waiting for the...
by Heather Jurvelin | Feb 11, 2026 | Attachment Trauma, Core Beliefs, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
“What’s wrong with you?” she asks the person in the mirror. This echo reverberates within her head as a chorus of voices. Her mother’s voice mingles with her own, changing in tone and pitch throughout her four decades of life, yet always asking the same...
