by Shirley Davis | Aug 12, 2019 | CPTSD Research, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed
Those people who live with the effects of complex post-traumatic stress disorder sometimes believe that the symptoms they have are made up and all in their imaginations. Many feel they are weak and that is why they are “different” or “weird”. Worse, many believe they...
by Shirley Davis | Aug 5, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed
In the last article, we began discussing how brain inflammation is indicated in the formation of severe mental illnesses. Today we are going to explore two major mental illnesses, major depression, and schizophrenia, and how brain inflammation has become implicated in...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 29, 2019 | CPTSD Research, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed, Uncategorized
Formerly I stated this series would be split into two parts. However, due to the enormous amount of information available, I have decided to offer four articles instead. In our previous article, we examined how neuroimaging is giving new insights into changes in the...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 22, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Research, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed
There have been some truly remarkable research papers written about complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) in the past few decades. Some of the research focuses exclusively on CPTSD while others can apply to any mental health disorder. In this article, I’m...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 16, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, Outer Critic
This series of articles has focused on emotional flashbacks. We’ve discussed how they feel, what causes them, and the turmoil they bring into relationships and lives. In this article, we will cover ways to conquer the emotional roller coaster that accompanies complex...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 8, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, Emotional Flashbacks
It was Pete Walker, an M.A. in psychoanalysis, who first coined the phrase emotional flashback to describe the gut-wrenching experience of reliving the helplessness and dissociation caused by trauma. In his book, Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving, Walker...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 1, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, Emotional Flashbacks
In our last article, we discussed the differences between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). One of these dissimilarities involves the living hell of emotional flashbacks. In this piece, we shall examine the...
by Shirley Davis | Jun 17, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Depression, Trauma-Informed
Our brains are hardwired to react viscerally to traumatic events. They then store those emotions in our central nervous, so that when we feel and experience similar future events, we will be alerted to new potential dangers. Emotional flashbacks, experienced by those...
by Shirley Davis | Jun 10, 2019 | Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
Finding a job that you enjoy can be difficult if you live with a mental health condition like complex post-traumatic disorder. This is especially true when you need to drop out of the workforce to do good self-care. I understand because I have been on disability since...
by Shirley Davis | Jun 3, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
On July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed into law the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). This law was a huge leap towards helping people of the United States, facing mobility and other disabling conditions, conquer many of the barriers faced in everyday...
