Trauma, Stress, and Resilience
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a condition that causes life-altering problems for those who experience it. The symptoms of CPTSD occur due to complex trauma, and building resilience is vital. In this article, we shall explore how to build resilience...Generalized Anxiety In Children
Johnny peaked around the corner and listened intensely to the man on the news talking about war. His heart did that fast-thumping thing, he felt cold all of the sudden, a drop of cold sweat hit the ground. He was the only kid at home because he felt sick to his...
The Mental Illness Trigger You May Not Have Heard Of
This article was originally published on The Mighty, in April 2021. I’ve experienced this particular trigger twice in recent years, and I really haven’t heard others speak on it. So, as per my usual fashion, I feel the need to share it with ya’ll in hopes folks can...One Year In – What I Have Learned as an Alienated Parent
On May 9th of this year, it will have been a full 365 days since I was erased from my daughter’s life. The process of alienating a child from a loving parent often takes years of quietly applied maneuvering, codependence, coercion, and the profound altering of a...Chronic Stress vs. Complex Trauma
Keep in mind that May is Mental Health Awareness Month a time to examine oneself and learn all you can about mental health and how it affects everyone. Stress. What human beings living in this wild and crazy world today don’t experience it. Yet, people who live with...Diagnosed: CPTSD and Why the Label Matters
Imagine for a moment you were adopted at a young age by loving parents. They were honest with you. Your biological parents existed out there in the world somewhere. When you looked up at the stars you wondered if they stood under the same expansive sky. Later in life...
I Tried rTMS and This is What Happened
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or rTMS for short, has been around for quite a while. It is a mental health treatment that was developed in 1985. It hasn’t entered into mainstream practice in a lot of places just yet, but it is gaining popularity. Up...