by Cassie Sands | Mar 11, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Family Estrangement, Grief, Guest Contributor
I started writing as a way to process and talk about exceedingly difficult things I knew I needed to discuss in therapy but was unable to even begin to make sense of myself. For such a long time, I wasn’t able in any way to discuss much more than I had been...
by Danielle Renee Murphy | Mar 10, 2021 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories
For this, my premiere blog post through CPTSD Foundation, I thought I might take a moment to introduce myself as a clinician, expressive therapist, and writer in that order. The reality is I eat, sleep, and breathe my job as a Family-Based Therapist at Scranton...
by Shirley Davis | Mar 8, 2021 | CPTSD, Suicide Prevention
***TRIGGER WARNING*** This article will tackle active and passive suicide and may not be suitable for sensitive audiences. In our first article about self-harm, we tackled the subject with as much kindness as the topic would allow. Self-harm is a sensitive subject...
by Gemma Jones | Mar 3, 2021 | CPTSD Poetry, Guest Contributor
The Willow Tree The windswept the hair from my eyes One tear streaming down my cheek I always seem to have goodbyes Every year every month every week They fill my head with their lies When I cry, they turn the other cheek When I feel this lonely my Willow tree,...
by Shirley Davis | Mar 1, 2021 | CPTSD and Self-Harm
***Trigger Warning This article contains information that may upset sensitive readers. The following article is about self-harming and should not be read by those who find this subject disturbing.*** Harming oneself is an all-too-common symptom of a larger mental...
by Tsuhai Nzinga | Feb 26, 2021 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, Guest Contributor
It’s hard to fathom the levels of manipulation I’ve been subject to. As I walk this journey, I’ve learned that I must grieve the things I’ve lost. Tonight I realized that one of the things I lost was my mother. She didn’t die, but she wasn’t there growing up. I spent...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 25, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD
One of the most egregious behaviors a parent or other caregiver can do to a child is to abandon them, allowing them to suffer alone. The damages done to the child when grown are significant and should not be ignored. In this article, we shall examine together what...
by Cassie Sands | Feb 24, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor, LGBTQ and Complex Trauma Healing
Like many others in the LGBTQ community, coming out was a painful and difficult experience. For someone like myself, who comes from an abusive family of origin as well as a strict religious community, this process was especially complicated. After I came out to my mom...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 22, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing
Dealing with loss and change cannot be avoided, they are inevitable parts of life. Everyone experiences setbacks with some being minor and others being highly traumatic and life-altering. Resilience is what helps people through challenges through psychological...
by Jess | Feb 19, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Research, Depression, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Hypervigilance, Symptoms of CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed
Today I wanted to take a step back and talk about something that I researched relatively recently for a different project. Something that has only become more relevant in my life as this post has sat around, untouched. The connections between rumination, depression,...
