by Shirley Davis | Jul 6, 2022 | CPTSD, Self Care, Self-Acceptance
No one is harder on a survivor of complex trauma than the survivor. Survivors feel they are a burden, be unable to have a voice for themselves, or feel shame. Also, survivors often lack trust in who they are and believe no one is trustworthy. This article will focus...
by Shirley Davis | Jun 27, 2022 | Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD
Growing up in a dysfunctional home, many who have developed complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) did not have the emotional or physical support they needed from their parents. Often, as children, survivors were left with an internal and eternal feeling of...
by Shirley Davis | Jun 20, 2022 | Anger, Complex PTSD Healing, Grief
Anger and grief are two strong emotions that often accompany one another. All humans feel anger and grief, but survivors of childhood trauma seem to experience it throughout their adult lives. If left untreated, such strong emotions, if left unexpressed, endanger...
by Shirley Davis | Jun 13, 2022 | Anger, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD
Anger is a healthy emotion that all humans experience. Anger is a way for us to tell if we are in danger and allows us to respond quickly. Much has been written about anger and how it is sometimes repressed because it is not safe to express it, such as in a...
by Shirley Davis | Jun 6, 2022 | Anger, Boundaries, CPTSD
Anger is a natural consequence of living through childhood trauma, the leading cause of complex post-traumatic stress disorder. As children, many survivors were hurt by people who needed to care for them but didn’t and used them for their purposes. One of the...
