Navigating the Workplace When Your Boss is Coping with Trauma
Trauma can have a profound impact on our personal and professional lives, and when our boss is coping (or not coping) with trauma, it can create unique challenges in the workplace. As an employee, it’s essential to understand how trauma can affect your boss’s behavior...
Spectrum
SPECTRUMBy Jesse B. Donahue 2023©From all the ranges, both ends to the middle, there is a scale that talks of our likes, interests, and nagging peccadillos. Our behavior, our feelings, and, to some, our intense shame at our own life’s realities registers somewhere on...
The Connection Between Complex PTSD and Functional Neurological Disorder
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) are two intricate conditions that often intersect, both rooted in the complex interplay between psychological trauma and physical symptoms. Understanding their connection is...
Surviving Change: How Organizational Shifts Affect Trauma Survivors’ Attachment Wounds
This week, I experienced an interesting situation at work where our senior executive announced he had accepted a position outside of our company for family and personal reasons. I observed various reactions from people at all levels, which made me think about how...
Breaking the Cycle of Shame-based Families
Shame shows up in many ways, and it usually starts at home. These shame-based interactions affect a child’s development, sense of self, and ability to become a successful participant in the community and world at large. It’s the wall that stops you from taking risks...
Why Does the Nervous System Need to Trust Us?
It’s a question that might stir frustration, sadness, or even anger in the hearts of those carrying the weight of past hurts. Why should the burden of trust fall on us when so much of our pain was shaped by others—by caregivers who couldn’t or didn’t show up as we...
Beach Balls in the Desert
~The Intractable Nature of Fear and Anxiety in the life of a childhood trauma survivor Since I can’t possibly know what life is like through another person’s eyes, I can only speak for myself. Having said that, childhood trauma survivors have a lot in...
Navigating the Power Dynamics
A Trauma Survivor’s Guide to the Workplace Introduction For trauma survivors, navigating the complex power dynamics in the workplace can be a daunting and triggering experience. Hierarchical structures, authority figures, and interpersonal relationships can all evoke...