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...
by Randi | Feb 2, 2021 | Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Outer Critic
We assume we know people’s lives by the mere glimpses they show us. We think we know someone based on the brief encounters we exchange on our way to work or when we bump into each other. The playdates where we talk about our kids. The smiling family photos on...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 1, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing
Much research has been done on the topic of this series of posts in February 2021. Scientists want to understand how people who go through sometimes horrific events often overcome adversity and seem to thrive afterward. In this first part of the series, we’ll...
by Charlene Kwan | Jan 29, 2021 | CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Symptoms of CPTSD, What is CPTSD
It’s been years since she broke free from being either goddess of the universe or scum of the earth – usually the latter more than the former. On one hand, she was bestowed extravagant devotion to the point of embarrassment. Conversely, without warning, a cloak of...
by Megan Griffith | Jan 28, 2021 | CPTSD Survivor Stories
Yes, yes you can. It took me a really long time to accept this, but it’s true. You can have all kinds of happy memories from your childhood, you can recognize that you always had enough to eat, you can know that your family loved each other, and still...
by Rebekah Brown | Jan 27, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Depression, Emotional Flashbacks
In the early morning hours of a winter’s day in 1944, Corrie Ten Boom stood in line for roll call at Ravensbruck Concentration Camp. A middle-aged woman, she and her family had been arrested by the Nazi’s for saving Jews. Standing in that awful place surrounded by...
