by Shirley Davis | Dec 27, 2019 | Family Estrangement
This series on family estrangement may seem to be a strange topic to cover during the holiday season. Yet, being separated from family during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s is a familiar occurrence for many survivors. The purpose of these articles is to offer...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 23, 2019 | CPTSD Research, Family Estrangement
Family Estrangement is an emotional distancing and cessation of communication between one or more members of a family. It is the breakdown of the support from and to a person who can no longer trust their family to be on their side any longer. Often family...
by Jennifer "Kaylene" Carter | Dec 20, 2019 | CPTSD Poetry, Guest Contributor
The Diamond in My Heart -Survivor Poem by Jennifer “Kaylene” Carter If I never accomplished another thing, Would you still love me? If I couldn’t live up to the image you see, Would you claim me? You set for me standards you never could keep, An...
by Martin Dearlove | Dec 18, 2019 | CPTSD Research, CPTSD Survivor Stories
As a new and honored guest writer/blogger with the CPTSD Foundation I am going to start this journey with a series of six-week short articles linking thoughts, experiences, reflections, and academia on the topic of CPTSD with a specific focus on children 0 – 4 years...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 16, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Family Estrangement
Family estrangement is a very grief-ridden and personal experience that family members face when someone leaves or driven away from their family of origin. It occurs in families of all different demographic situations, including all races, religions, and cultures. But...
by Esme Johnson | Dec 12, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Poetry, Guest Contributor
A Glimmer of Hope, a Survivor Poem. (trigger warning) Those things, you know, they ripped apart my childish soul Greedily grabbed and pulled out its beating heart They chewed it up, spat it out with contempt and Stamped upon it as it lay dying in the mud. Then you...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 9, 2019 | Trauma-Informed, Treatment for CPTSD
Receiving appropriate mental health care is crucial to healing. However, an enormous number of American citizens cannot and do not receive the care they need because there simply are no providers in their region to turn to in times of crisis. In this piece, we shall...
by Esme Johnson | Dec 6, 2019 | CPTSD Poetry, CPTSD Survivor Stories
For So Long…A Thank You, to the compassionate witnesses that caught me just in time. (trigger warning)thank you, t For so long, a tortuous lifetime no doubt, Trapped in a medieval pinball machine No rubber bumper obstacles to bounce between. Instead, an...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 4, 2019 | CPTSD Research, Family Estrangement
All families have their squabbles and days when one member might not speak to another. However, there is one type of painful situation where the communication between family members stops; this is family estrangement. Often, family estrangement occurs when an adult...
by Verity Wolfe | Dec 2, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks, Healing from Toxic Shame
Throughout my EMDR therapy journey, I’ve come to realize that all of our incarnations and former selves still live on within us, and the way that we treat/think/talk about them still affects them. If it affects them, it also affects us. Today I worked on the...
