by Shirley Davis | Apr 11, 2019 | CPTSD, Healing from Toxic Shame
What happens in the brain to make shame benign or toxic? What parts of our brains are injured by chronically being shamed by our caregivers, and how does that change who we are? These are a few of the questions I will attempt to answer in this piece. Some of the terms...
by Shirley Davis | Apr 10, 2019 | CPTSD
Shame; the feeling that you have done something wrong that goes against your core values. Shame is a normal and natural human emotion that is not harmful. In this series, the CPTSD Foundation is offering a new group of articles where we explore together the different...
by Athena Moberg, CPC, CFTP | Feb 28, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing
food for thought: before we choose to disregard another’s human experience because it is not the same as our own, it might be helpful for us to remember we are not all-knowing or all-present. there are, in fact, those who choose to senselessly harm and exploit others....
by Shirley Davis | Jan 27, 2019 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Mindfulness, Trauma-Informed
The entire series in January will be focusing on how trauma-informed care can help adults overcome the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). However, to understand the process of healing, we must first explore what happens to the brains of traumatized...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 25, 2019 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing
Many of you, like we who support in various ways the CPTSD Foundation, have survived one or more traumatic events. By traumatic events I offer the following definition I found on the Healthline website: “A traumatic event is an incident that causes physical,...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 31, 2018 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, Grief, Holiday Stress, Surviving the Holidays
December was very trying for those of us living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder. We may have endured visiting relatives who lived up to our expectations of being highly triggering, which may have left us feeling exhausted. We may have been quick to put...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 23, 2018 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing
As Christmas approaches, most people who live with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) find themselves engulfed with dread. December rolls around every year, and they find themselves in a sea of sadness, grief, and anger at a time many people feel jolly and...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 10, 2018 | Holiday Stress, Surviving the Holidays
The stresses we impose upon ourselves and our families at Christmas, unfortunately, have become a tradition. This month, we are going to offer you a series of articles on surviving the holidays. We will be covering such topics as how the holidays affect complex trauma...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 3, 2018 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing
In this set of articles posted in November, we have been exploring several topics related to Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). We have examined how ACEs change our brain structure, cause mental health issues and...
by Shirley Davis | Nov 23, 2018 | ACEs, Attachment Trauma
This month we have been discussing complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD/ c-PTSD/ Complex PTSD) and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). So far, we have explored the definitions of both, and some of the long-term consequences to the lives of children who...
