by Jesse Donahue | Nov 25, 2025 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Self Care
The Silent Majority – and Finally, Self-LoveBy Jesse Donahue 2024 © No matter what you think, believe, feel, say, or do, there will be a percentage of people out there who disapprove, possibly vehemently disagree with what you do, and/or who you are This essay...
by Jesse Donahue | Oct 27, 2025 | ADHD, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, RSD
Do You Love Me?By Jesse B. Donahue © 2023I could suffer no longer; I had to seek a cure for my inner child’s living the symbiotic, enmeshed feelings of my mother’s abandonment issue (always unconscious to her and me). I asked her one day, “Do you love me?” I...
by Jesse Donahue | Oct 2, 2025 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
PERSONAL POWERBy Jesse Donahue 2024 © Characterized by a lack of desire or an inability to focus… Here I go winging it, with no outline to follow. The development of this paper is a reflection of my life, characterized by a lack of desire or an inability to...
by Jesse Donahue | Aug 26, 2025 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, OCD
The Smoldering Embers of Complex PTSDBy Jesse B. Donahue 2024 ©The metaphor of smoldering embers nicely depicts my experience of day-to-day life. No smoke is coming from my ears, but hiding and avoiding social experiences are efforts to control a threatening fire....
by Jesse Donahue | Jul 30, 2025 | Guest Contributor, Journaling, Men's Mental Health, Pyschotherapy
What Am I Feeling? Copyright 2024 By Jesse Donahue What am I feeling? It has been four to five years since the concept of a trauma disorder made an appearance and a diagnosis in my life; I am sixty-eight years old. A diagnosis of CPTSD, a trauma disorder, was made by...
