by Rebekah Brown | Jun 29, 2026 | Developmental Trauma
There I was standing in the hallway of the emergency room after my mother’s latest suicide attempt. This time, she had taken a knife up and down her arms, and for good measure, jumped into my father’s rural fishing pond behind the house. The neighbors found her. Now,...
by Rebekah Brown | Apr 30, 2026 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma
How the Nervous System Adapts to Ongoing Fear In the first article, we explored what developmental trauma is — not a single event, but an environment of ongoing fear that shapes a child’s nervous system over time. Understanding this raises an important and haunting...
by Rebekah Brown | Feb 26, 2026 | CPTSD
The Atmosphere of Developmental Trauma I froze. Even at four-years-old, I knew that danger lurked behind every corner. My home, a minefield of attack, never rested. Each day began as a slow burn, then turned into a pressure cooker until the explosion...
by Rebekah Brown | Dec 16, 2025 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Holidays, Mindfulness
When Christmas Hurts: Why the Holidays Trigger Trauma — and How Survivors Can Find Peace I had made it all the way from Europe to the United States, landing at JFK International Airport in New York City with a newborn baby in tow. I was a wreck. My husband, stationed...
by Rebekah Brown | Dec 4, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
What is frozen in time? Severe, ongoing childhood trauma can cause a person to live with the sense that they are moving through life in a fog. The past overlaps the present. You have no sense of place. You have no sense of the present. You have no sense of time....
