by Lee Frost | Dec 10, 2024 | ACEs, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
***TRIGGER WARNING: The following article discusses childhood trauma and could be triggering.*** I found the photo not long after being diagnosed with CPSTD. Little broken me looking into the camera with a depth of pain and sorrow that no child should have to bear....
by Lee Frost | Apr 1, 2024 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Trauma-Informed
I recently gave a keynote talk at the 6th Annual Medical Symposium on Human Trafficking, a combined effort by the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and ImPACT Virginia, a nonprofit that helps victims of human trafficking. The purpose of the symposium...
by Lee Frost | Sep 5, 2023 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor
When Sinéad O’Connor’s The Lion and the Cobra was released in 1987, I was an exchange student spending my senior year of high school in West Berlin, Germany. My mom and stepdad sent me the cassette tape and I was instantly drawn to her unique voice and most of all,...
by Lee Frost | Feb 28, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, Guest Contributor
When I first heard the term “authentic self,” I rolled my eyes. But in the 17 months since getting diagnosed with CPTSD, I’ve learned how important it is to discover your authentic self. It never occurred to me that I didn’t know who I was, and it pains me to think...
by Lee Frost | Oct 12, 2022 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Pain
TRIGGER WARNING: the following article discusses sexual assault. My CPTSD is based on traumas that started in early childhood. I have no conscious memory of “normal.” My traumas are old, familiar enemies. I know them well. They’ve become characters in my mind to...
