by Shirley Davis | Feb 7, 2022 | Emotional Wellness, Relationships, Self-Acceptance
Rejection is a normal part of human life as not every relationship is good for us and may end abruptly. We have all felt the sting of being fired from a job or parting from someone who didn’t wish to date us anymore. Rejection trauma is different. It begins in...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 24, 2022 | Attachment Trauma, Codependency, Complex PTSD Healing
In this series of articles, we have examined codependency and various types of trauma. We’ve learned that living in a home where there is familial violence and neglect can spark in a child the need to be needed and thus set them up for becoming codependent in...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 17, 2022 | CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Healing Codependency
So far, in this series, we have discussed narcissistic and childhood abuse and how codependency can become a problem for survivors. However, physical and emotional abuse is also rampant in our society and tearing the future lives of our children apart. According to...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 10, 2022 | ACEs, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing
Codependency causes people to feed off each other’s emotions and to lose their ability to care for themselves. Codependency is a cruel dance where one person needs the other who needs to be needed. Thus, you end up with one adult being the giver and the other the...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 6, 2022 | Attachment Trauma, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Many of us have heard of codependency and narcissism. Codependency is when two people are locked in a life where they feed off on another, causing mental anguish. Narcissism is when one of the pair is self-centered, arrogant, and lacks empathy for their partner. In...
