by Shirley Davis | Oct 23, 2023 | CPTSD, Mental Health Advocacy
The CPTSD Foundation is dedicated to helping all who come to us gain and maintain optimum mental health in any way we can. For this reason, we have come to you in this article with more information to enhance your healing journey and to celebrate World Mental Health...
by Shirley Davis | Oct 16, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, self sabotage
When in the throes of healing from complex trauma, survivors can get lost in all the memories and emotions. Whether or not we are in therapy, we are prone to self-sabotaging behaviors. Self-sabotage describes things people do that block their success and prevent them...
by Shirley Davis | Oct 9, 2023 | CPTSD, self sabotage
As survivors of trauma, many people have developed bad habits that harm their financial, mental, and physical well-being. There are many causes for this harmful behavior, many unconsciously repeat patterns learned from their caregivers. This article will focus on...
by Shirley Davis | Oct 2, 2023 | CPTSD, Isolation, Life Management Skills
Many people, including those who were successful, such as Abraham Lincoln and Michelangelo, have committed the crime of self-sabotage. Chronic self-sabotage leads to destructive outcomes in our personal lives and at work. Those who have complex post-traumatic stress...
by Shirley Davis | Sep 25, 2023 | CPTSD, Suicide Prevention
***TRIGGER WARNING*** This article will tackle active suicide and may not be suitable for sensitive audiences. Suicide is a word we whisper when someone dies by their own hand. Often we are surprised to learn that the person died by suicide because we thought they...