by Gabi Ruth | Feb 18, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Emotional Flashbacks, Feeling Good Enough, Guest Contributor
Hey friend… I see you. I see how every single day you just hope and pray that you’ll have a few moments of relief, of “normal.” When that anxiety animal is clawing at your chest and you have no idea why. Or when your emotional flashbacks make you feel afraid even when...
by Seleste | Feb 17, 2021 | CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Guest Contributor
I’ve never felt like I’ve belonged anywhere. No friends, a strained relationship, feeling crazy all the time, unable to reach out to family or friends, job-hopping, feeling totally alone and isolated, and totally unaware that the way I exist from day to day is...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 15, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing
Resiliency, to summarize, is the ability to bounce back from difficult circumstances. People living with mental health challenges often have high resilience to the opposition because they have grown resilient through trial by fire. This piece will focus on what is...
by Robyn Brickel | Feb 12, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, Trauma-Informed
The experience of trauma makes a profound mark on a person. It doesn’t matter whether the injury is grave and evident, like the bruising of a battered person, or hard to see, like the emotional neglect of someone detached and withdrawn. Whatever the cause, when a...
by Rivka Edery | Feb 11, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing
Motivational Healing: Are they psychological partners? Rivka A. Edery, Psy.D. (Candidate), M.S.W., L.C.S.W. Motivation Motivation, both intrinsic (deep-rooted) and extrinsic (based on outside oneself, such as external rewards or to prevent negative consequences), is...
by Gemma Jones | Feb 10, 2021 | CPTSD and Inner Child Work
Relationships and C-PTSD. Interpersonal skills are hard to navigate at the best of times. Having C-PTSD puts an interesting and sometimes tragic touch on us. I woke up today and with an epiphany like a brain bubble, I realised I had not failed my children by choosing...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 8, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Post Traumatic Growth
As stated in article one of this series on resiliency, according to the American Psychological Association, resiliency is: “the process of adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma, tragedy, threats, or significant sources of stress—such as family and...
by Gemma Jones | Feb 5, 2021 | CPTSD Survivor Stories
CPTSD – The demons put there by others………. The substances that help them disappear if only for a while………… I fumbled out of my house at the age of 16, already been through an incredible amount of trauma, but I was told that it was all my fault somehow. The...
by Rebekah Brown | Feb 4, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Wellness, Feeling Good Enough, Grief, Healing from Toxic Shame, Healthy Relationships, Outer Critic
Gaslighting: to manipulate (someone) by psychological or abusive means into questioning reality. I had watched my big brother board the school bus every day for the last year. Now, it was finally my turn. The very first week of first grade, my teacher, Mrs. King,...
by Cassie Sands | Feb 3, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor
When I was fifteen, my mom got me my first cell phone – a black Nokia flip phone. Texts were character limited and cost 25 cents both to send and to receive. I still have it, along with its charger, in a box in my second bedroom, nestled among other...
