by Shirley Davis | Feb 28, 2022 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Attachment Trauma
The entire month of February, we discussed rejection trauma and how it affects people who grew up in abusive homes. We have discussed what rejection trauma is, how rejection trauma affects interpersonal relationships, and the freeze/fawn response. This article will...
by Dr. Amy Watson | Feb 25, 2022 | Guest Contributor, Spirituality
They were serial killers, both of them. They were also the people my mom chose to babysit my sister and me. Regardless of where we were, I was happy if it wasn’t at home with an emotionally absent mom and an abusive stepfather. When we were at home we were padlocked...
by Shane Bouel | Feb 23, 2022 | Anxiety, CPTSD, CPTSD and Adoption, CPTSD and PTSD, Depression, Emotional Wellness, PTSD
Pro-life A foetus has rights! Adoption A child in a contract they never signed! What is being said here is that you as life, have rights, but only under the conditions that are dictated. Adoptees can categorically state that living the life of adoption is extremely...
by Ramon Diaz | Feb 22, 2022 | Brain Chemistry, Guest Contributor, Trauma
Working in an intensive outpatient facility, I often encounter presenting symptoms of depression, anxiety, and different presentations of personality disorders at a severe level. One contributing factor that comes up often with my patients is the role trauma plays...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 21, 2022 | Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, Post Traumatic Growth
Nature has endowed humanity with mechanisms to manage stress, fear, and severe trauma. We can survive childhood rejection by our parents, our peers, and ourselves. There are two mannerisms that we inherited through evolution meant to keep us safe, but that might alter...
by Paul Michael Marinello | Feb 18, 2022 | Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation
Since moving to Lake Worth Beach, Florida nearly two years ago, many of my mornings have been spent at the beach, watching the sunrise. Its vibrant flair and constantly changing canvas made my mornings whole by allowing me to breathe the salty air and watch the sun...
by Susan Morris | Feb 17, 2022 | Abuse, Codependency, CPTSD and PTSD, Domestic Violence, Emotional Flashbacks, Healing Codependency, Healthy Relationships, Relationships, Triggers
No matter how happy and content my life becomes, I will never forget the fear and loneliness of being kicked in the head, punched in the gut or dragged across a room by my hair. I Am a Survivor of Domestic Violence Domestic Violence, also called intimate partner...
by Maria Anna van Driel | Feb 16, 2022 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, PTSD
Even though one of the most revealing discoveries researchers in Complex PTSD have found is that emotional neglect can be as damaging as domestic violence, our advanced society should equip itself with the necessary knowledge in distinguishing PTSD and CPTSD in order...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 14, 2022 | Attachment Trauma, Emotional Wellness, Relationships
Rejection trauma results from growing up in homes where we were rejected and often considered worthless and a waste of our parent’s time. Perhaps we were told we were worthless, or our parents maltreated us using us for their own pleasure. The result of having...
by Catherine | Feb 9, 2022 | Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Equality I am writing this piece to bring awareness to the equal severity that the impact of childhood emotional abuse has on an individual’s adulthood, to that of other types of abuse. Perhaps you have noticed, the same as I, that emotional abuse appears to be...
