by Rebekah Brown | Oct 28, 2024 | ACEs, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
I’m pretty tired myself Hi. If you don’t mind, I want to speak to your soul today. How are you doing, soul? I’m pretty tired myself. Life takes a lot of energy if you know what I mean. There are so many things that need doing just to get through the day: so many...
by Rebekah Brown | Jul 3, 2024 | ACEs, Guest Contributor, Healing Self-Shame, Toxic Relationships
In my forties, I was a part of a support group for survivors of abuse. Most of the women who attended were dealing with abusive partners. I was the only one sharing about childhood abuse, though I am sure nearly everyone there was a survivor of childhood trauma. We...
by Rebekah Brown | Apr 4, 2024 | Anxiety, CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Sleep
The good news is that trauma survivors can conquer insomnia. The bad news: it takes time. I’ve had insomnia for nearly fifty years. Habits that have gone on that long aren’t going to change overnight. But they are changing and that is what matters. The automatic...
by Rebekah Brown | Mar 15, 2024 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Insomnia
What Childhood Trauma Teaches Us In my childhood, the possibility of being attacked was everywhere. I never knew what my parents were going to do. Even when I was away at school, I remained terrified I would make some small mistake that would get reported to them....
by Rebekah Brown | Mar 7, 2024 | ACEs, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Insomnia
“Insomnia for trauma survivors is not a sleep problem, it is an anxiety problem.” My story For decades, I stayed up nearly all night until exhaustion forced me to pass out the next day. My brain interpreted the setting of the sun as a cue to churn. Sometimes I could...
