Anxious/Ambivalent Attachment Style: An Examination of Its Causes and How It Affects Adult Relationships
As our readers may remember, we are doing a series on attachment styles. However, if you are reading our blog for the first time, I will do a little bit of review of what attachment styles are, and why knowing yours vital to your adult relationships. John Bowlby and...
The Turmoil of Avoidant Attachment Style
Your life has been a string of relationships where you crave closeness but veer away from it almost as quickly as you find it. You discover you can’t settle into a relationship with a partner because he/she either does not live up to your expectations or they are...
Secure Attachment Style in Adulthood: How It Affects Your Life and Relationships
Have you ever wondered what is the motivating force it that relates to how you behave in intimate relationships and how you treat your children? Have you asked yourself how you choose the relationships that you attracted to? The leading theory in psychology today is...
I Am A Survivor That’s What I Do
I’m a survivor, that’s what I do I did not give up then I do not give up now I will battle to my last breath Fighting long-held lies with the truth I am scared I am battle-worn And I admit, I’m exhausted Yet, I keep fighting on I’ve been through deepest hell Have...Finding Beauty After Trauma
There can be no argument that surviving a traumatic event can leave one feeling hardened and cold. As humans, we tend to see our entire lives shaded by what happened that left scars on our hearts and minds. It is harder to find joy and to enjoy life. Some things that...
The Loneliness and Grief of a Traumatized Child
Note from the author: There are two sets of people to which this article is targeted; mental health professionals, and adult survivors of childhood trauma. There is an area of childhood trauma that few will write about, the emotions that young children feel when...
Change the Language, Change the Conversation
The words we use to describe ourselves have a huge impact on how we are treated. If we call ourselves by a term that means something negative, we will inevitably be treated in a negative fashion. There are terms used to describe those of us who live with mental health...