by Shirley Davis | May 23, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Depression, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
Humans acquire their self-worth from many sources. Beginning in childhood, our parents should be the first to show us both verbally and non-verbally that we are worthwhile and valuable. However, people living with the after-effects of childhood trauma and in the...
by Shirley Davis | May 22, 2019 | Healthy Relationships, Hypervigilance
Hypervigilance has been a painful part of my life since I was able to form an independent thought. If you have never experienced this phenomenon, then you do not understand how hypervigilance negatively affects the lives of those, like me, who know it intimately. In...
by Shirley Davis | May 14, 2019 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Trauma-Informed
There is a vital part of healing that survivors of adverse childhood experiences, who now live with complex post-traumatic stress disorder, can learn to help themselves. This piece of artillery is called resilience. Resiliency can help us overcome the life-altering...
by Shirley Davis | May 4, 2019 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Mindfulness, Trauma-Informed
We have spent time exploring the basics of becoming trauma-informed and examined how mindfulness, neuroplasticity, and resiliency help form the tripod on which we begin to understand and defeat the consequences of surviving trauma. In this article, we are going to...
by Shirley Davis | Apr 26, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Healthy Relationships
***Trigger Warning *** The following material has been reported to be highly triggering to some. Please be kind to yourself as you read through the content. The purpose of this article is to help survivors be less of an enigma to themselves, by explaining some of the...
