by Miriam Edelman | May 7, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, DSM-5, Guest Contributor
The lack of a complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPSTSD) diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), the diagnostic resource used in the United States, can cause detrimental consequences. Without a CPTSD...
by Jack Brody | May 6, 2025 | CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Somewhere along the way in my healing journey, I’ve stopped seeing myself as CPTSD personified. I don’t know the exact moment it happened; there wasn’t some grand epiphany or movie-montage-style healing moment. But slowly, quietly, I started seeing myself as… just me....
by Robyn Brickel | May 6, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Dysregulation, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
I am grateful to each of you who reads our articles, blogs, and messages. I am also so grateful to have followed my own dream and started writing, developing this space that allows me to share information in these posts. As we continue to live in what seems like...
by Tracy Guy | May 1, 2025 | CPTSD, Grieving, Guest Contributor, Nurses
The Invisible Wounds By Tracy Guy, BNurs, GradDipCounsel & Alison Rose-Hughes, BNurs. Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) is often associated with chronic, repeated trauma. Unlike PTSD, which can stem from a single incident, CPTSD develops through...
by Danica Alison | Apr 30, 2025 | Building Resilience in Healing, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, Emotional Wellness, Grief, Guest Contributor, Post Traumatic Growth, PTSD, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Trauma
No one brings you a casserole when you’re grieving the childhood you didn’t have. There’s no funeral for the loss of safety or a sense of belonging. No sympathy cards arrive when the dreams you clung to slowly unravel. And no one tells you what to do when you...
by Cyndi Bennett | Apr 29, 2025 | CPTSD, Mental Health Professional, Trauma-Informed, Workplace Trauma
As trauma survivors, many of us have become experts at just getting through the workday. We’ve learned to push through triggers, manage anxiety, and keep our heads above water. But what if we could do more than just survive? What if we could actually thrive in our...
by Lee Frost | Apr 24, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Much has been written about intergenerational trauma and how epigenetics plays a role in who we become. Works by Mark Wolynn, Gabor Maté, and others have covered the topic from a neurobiological level, but reading Dr. Jennifer Mullan’s Decolonizing Therapy transformed...
by Sophie Bishop | Apr 23, 2025 | CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Trauma, Trauma-Informed
Trauma is an emotional result of a distressing, shocking, or life-threatening incident. It is not the event itself that causes the trauma, but rather a person’s reaction to it. Half of U.S. adults will experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetimes. For...
by Sheri Heller | Apr 22, 2025 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Examining extreme trauma bonds With the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximating that 41% of women and 26% of men have experienced sexual violence, physical violence, psychological aggression or stalking by an intimate partner during their...
by Amanda Ann Gregory | Apr 21, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Trauma-Informed
The phrase “forgive and forget” is a common slogan and recommendation. But does it make sense for trauma survivors? While researching for my book, You Don’t Need to Forgive: Trauma Recovery on Your Own Terms, I discovered that many trauma survivors, including myself,...
