by Amy Watson | Jan 16, 2024 | EMDR, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a fascinating treatment modality for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and continues to demonstrate efficacy in treating these patients (Kim et al., 2017). Francine Shapiro developed EMDR in 1987 and...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 15, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing
Most people who have been through complex trauma know what it is like to experience the freeze/fawn response, even if they do not know it. We downplay our needs to complete the needs of others and find we cannot suppress our pain. Both freeze and fawn are trauma...
by Cyndi Bennett | Jan 11, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Trauma, Trauma-Informed, Workplace Trauma
Several people contacted me last week in response to my last email (“My Boss Triggers Me”). I love it when readers email me to share their stories with me because it lets me know that what I’m writing is hitting home for them. In the emails I received from readers,...
by Jennifer Kindera | Jan 10, 2024 | Attachment Trauma, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Healing from Toxic Shame, Shame, Trauma
How does toxic shame start? How does it become internalized and pervasive? My clients find me because they are looking for help with their childhood trauma, and many don’t realize the depth of the toxic, pervasive shame that goes hand in hand with that. While I’ve...
by Roseanne Reilly | Jan 9, 2024 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Guilt
Introduction: Living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) can feel like navigating a stormy sea, with waves of past traumas crashing against the shores of the present. Among the many emotional tempests, guilt and misplaced guilt stand out as a...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 8, 2024 | Codependency, CPTSD
Often, people who live with complex post-traumatic stress disorder experience emotional pain caused by traumatic events. By now, most of you have heard of the four trauma responses: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. These four essential reactions are caused when you...
by Cyndi Bennett | Jan 4, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
Trauma survivors may face various challenges in the workplace due to the lasting effects of their traumatic experiences. One of the more disturbing and common challenges is flashbacks. Flashbacks 101 A flashback is a sudden and intense re-experiencing of a traumatic...
by Ramon Diaz | Jan 3, 2024 | CPTSD
I grew up like many of us believing that emotions are not essential to human functioning. My understanding as a young man was that emotions only would make me “weak” if I associated myself with them. Although not one person directly informed of my view of emotions,...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 2, 2024 | CPTSD, Holidays
Every year around this time, we all contemplate what our lives will be like in the new year. We set our expectations for ourselves with resolutions that may or may not be kept and hope for the best for ourselves and our families. What resolution have you set for...
by Cyndi Bennett | Dec 28, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
How to recover from the aftermath of a flashback Last week, I wrote about how to manage flashbacks utilizing grounding techniques. While it is important to have the tools to help you work through a flashback, it is equally important to know how to work through the...
