by Jodi Simpson | Sep 17, 2026 | CPTSD Poetry
She watched him long before she understoodthat some people learn to smilethe way broken branches still hold birds–not because they aren’t cracked,but because they continueto have purpose despite their brokenness. He was her brother,though the family never...
by Rachel Grant | Sep 16, 2026 | Healing from Toxic Shame, Healing Self-Shame, Mental Health Professional
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by Shigeko Ito | Sep 15, 2026 | CPTSD
Eight months after my memoir was published, I am still living in the strange quiet that follows. The book took more than a decade to write, and while I initially felt relief and a sense of completion, the post-publication period has brought its own grief and...
by Adan Rhoades | Sep 14, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, Dissociation and CPTSD, Treatment for CPTSD
Half a century is a long time to live in a state of perpetual survival. When a child’s world is confined to a short list of places filled with memories of, and anticipation of, savagery, the paradigm of a safe place is unrecognizable. In my case, I normalized the...
by Jodi Simpson | Sep 10, 2026 | CPTSD Survivor Stories, Hope
Dear Younger Me, I know you never understood why life felt so heavy so early. You tried to shrink yourself— be quieter, easier, “good enough”—hoping it would make the pain stop. None of that was ever your responsibility. You were just a child, learning to survive in a...
by Dr. Chris Cortman | Sep 9, 2026 | Complex PTSD Healing, Mental Health Professional
Many years ago, I took a course to become certified in clinical hypnosis — one more tool to keep in my kit as a licensed clinical psychologist. During that training, the instructor shared his belief that patients should never have to return to the scene of their...
by Denise Marie Ryan | Sep 8, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, Life Management Skills, Mental Health Professional, Therapy
I’m a domestic violence victim and I’ve been healing from symptoms of C-PTSD since September 2024 and for the first time ever, I saw what C-PTSD looks like in someone else. Just the other night, I arrived at the edge of the driveway to pick up my...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Sep 7, 2026 | Mental Health Professional
I read Flowers in the Attic when it first came out in the late 1970s, and it horrified me before I understood why. I was young enough then that I did not have the clinical language for caregiver betrayal, childhood captivity, attachment injury, or complex trauma. I...
by Elizabeth Woods | Sep 4, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Mental Health Awareness
Have you ever been told that you’re too sensitive? Have you heard comments like: “You need a thicker skin?” “You take everything to heart” This article is for you. As a trauma survivor, I see the world differently from others. I see the pain that people carry long...
by Morrene Hauser | Sep 3, 2026 | Post Traumatic Growth
Ten years ago, at the age of 50, I finally found the courage to confront my abusive childhood and begin the healing process. My mother is a pedophile as were the many sick men she brought into our lives. I was also physically and verbally abused. The...
