by Shirley Davis | Dec 14, 2020 | CPTSD, Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder
In the last article in this series of four posts on seasonal affective disorder SAD and its relation to complex trauma, we examined together with their definitions and each of their symptoms. As a short recap, seasonal affective disorder is a form of major depression...
by Rebecca Donaldson | Dec 11, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Dissociation and CPTSD
I startle easily, I’m hypersensitive, and I often feel as if I am floating above my body. I fluctuate between being here one moment and looking down on myself the next. Crying comes on randomly. Sometimes it happens because of a class lecture. Sometimes it’s nothing...
by Rebekah Brown | Dec 9, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing
There is a rhythm to life. Night turns into day, morning becomes evening, autumn changes to winter, and spring becomes summer. Meal times are a daily ritual and holidays a yearly cause for celebration. Life achievements and milestones move in a natural, ever-flowing...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 7, 2020 | CPTSD, Seasonal Affective Disorder
Everyone experiences some version of the winter blues when they are caught inside and unable to move about as much as they would like because of the cold and snow. But some people experience a type of major depression that affects them in the fall and winter called...
by Alice Kenny | Dec 4, 2020 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Eating Disorders and CPTSD, Guest Contributor, The Brain and CPTSD
(The article below is an excerpt from my book, Crazy Was All I Ever Knew: The Impact of Maternal Mental Illness on Kids. I have used a pseudonym to protect the privacy of family members.) Research shows that many children who experience adversity are amazingly...
by Jess | Dec 2, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Emotional Wellness, Symptoms of CPTSD
Trigger Warning: be kind to yourself as you read. In addition, This guest post does contain language that some may not feel comfortable reading. What is there to say about emotions? In the life of a Traumatized Motherfucker… a whole lot. They’re either here, making...
by Robyn Brickel | Nov 30, 2020 | Attachment Trauma
I invite you to notice the feeling you have when I say vulnerability is strength! Does it feel like a pit in your stomach? A lump in your throat? Does the idea of being vulnerable scare you? I am asking you to think about what’s not working for you in your life. Have...
by Alice Kenny | Nov 27, 2020 | ACEs, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Eating Disorders and CPTSD, Guest Contributor
Most kids of parents with a mental illness experience childhood differently and less innocently than other children as they deal with their often chaotic home lives and navigate their worlds. If you are the son or daughter of a parent with a mental illness, and you...
by Shirley Davis | Nov 25, 2020 | CPTSD, Holiday Stress
Thanksgiving and Christmas time have once again descended upon us, bringing unique challenges for those who have experienced trauma. It doesn’t matter whether the trauma happened yesterday or decades in the past; it has a habit of coloring how we see the...
by Shirley Davis | Nov 23, 2020 | CPTSD
More often than people wish to think, folks go to mental health specialists and receive a misdiagnosis. This isn’t entirely the professional’s fault as they are bound to the diagnosis they choose by the symptoms and traits described in the Diagnostic and...
