by Hannah Leigh | Nov 22, 2019 | Attachment Trauma, Trauma-Informed
Often, those with CPTSD were raised in homes with some kind of abuse, neglect, or other form of trauma. Unfortunately, this makes us primed up to get into similarly abusive situations as adults. Our nervous systems are already wired to respond to the up-down cycle of...
by Charity Koltes | Nov 20, 2019 | CPTSD Survivor Stories
There is nothing like a little upheaval to make things “get real” quickly. A little stirring of the pot brings up some of the muck lurking on the bottom, and suddenly, what you thought was calm and clear becomes dark and a little scary. When all is calm, you’re...
by Shirley Davis | Nov 18, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Men's Mental Health
Almost from day one, boys born into modern society are bombarded with the idea that they are different from females. Not that females are not made to feel odd about themselves, but boys have it much harder in many ways. We give boys guns, cars, fire engines, and other...
by Lisa Romano | Nov 13, 2019 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Healing Codependency, Healing from Toxic Shame
There is no healing without recognition of that which needs to be healed. Someone who has clogged arteries cannot heal those clogged arteries if they are unaware they have clogged arteries. To heal mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically, or cognitively first...
by Shirley Davis | Nov 11, 2019 | CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Research
Human brains are hardwired to react viscerally to traumatic events. They then store those emotions in our central nervous, so that when we feel and experience similar future events, we will be alerted to new potential dangers. Emotional flashbacks, experienced by...
by Shirley Davis | Nov 7, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research
There is some confusion about the differences and similarities between PTSD and CPTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) sound alike but although they have some similar symptoms, they are completely different...
by Shirley Davis | Nov 4, 2019 | CPTSD Research, Men's Mental Health, Symptoms of CPTSD
For many years, mental health professionals and the general public alike have studied and applied symptoms of CPTSD as related to women. However, men react differently to the stressors that cause complex post-traumatic stress disorder and are often either shamed for...
by Shirley Davis | Oct 31, 2019 | CPTSD, Men's Mental Health
With the advent of the #MeToo movement, the public has been forced to examine the horrific tragedy of women suffering at the hands of sexual predators. We have learned through marches and very public testimony of the damage women receive when their boundaries and...
by Shirley Davis | Oct 28, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Symptoms of CPTSD
In this series, we have concentrated on the symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) and highlighted how each one changes lives. This article will focus on the final six symptoms: Feeling different from other people Feeling ashamed Feeling guilty...
by Verity Wolfe | Oct 24, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories
I’m a forty-two-year-old woman, haunted by mental illness for as long as I can remember, and yet it’s only within the last two years that Complex PTSD has become known to me. No one in the mental health profession has ever uttered the words to me. The only...
