by Maria Anna van Driel | Sep 15, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
“You are a bad person if you respond poorly to me” When we search for a clinical explanation about the topic of narcissism we find very strong identifiers that we can zero in on. Identifiers like pathological self-absorption, an inflated ego, and a sense...
by Robyn Brickel | Sep 14, 2022 | Anxiety, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Trauma-Informed
Do you always feel like you’re on high alert? Or do you just feel numb? Perhaps you bounce back and forth between the two? Have you wondered how to feel calm or peaceful? If you find the state of the world today especially triggering, you are not alone! Fortunately,...
by Cyndi Bennett | Sep 14, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Post Traumatic Growth, Trauma
The workplace can be a re-traumatizing place for trauma survivors. Toxic work environments, unrealistic expectations, demanding bosses, multiple competing priorities, not to mention the ever-present trauma triggers lurking at every turn. For those of us trying to...
by Paul Michael Marinello | Sep 13, 2022 | 12 Step Programs, Codependency, Gaslighting, Guest Contributor, Parental Alienation
For trauma sufferers as well as survivors, the burden of truth is often a difficult pill to swallow. In a recent dilemma, I have been stretched and squeezed into a mode of discomfort when it comes to decision-making. My only niece is to be married in late October....
by Rebekah Brown | Sep 13, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Mindfulness
As we struggle with the psychological and neurological effects of trauma in our lives, there are many things about CPTSD that we cannot control. So the things we can control have even more importance. There are many habits that make CPTSD symptoms worse. The following...
by Shirley Davis | Sep 12, 2022 | Emotional Wellness
People living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder are notorious for their emotional dysregulation. Emotional intelligence is critically important for controlling one’s emotions and surfing the problems one may encounter in the world. There are many...
by Cyndi Bennett | Sep 8, 2022 | Boundaries, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Why trauma survivors may not be able to receive compliments, praise, or kindness. The funniest thing came to mind when I was thinking about this topic. It was a memory from my childhood of going to a restaurant in New Jersey called Buxton’s. If they had other food on...
by Mindy Levine | Sep 7, 2022 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Yoga
Many of us have a superpower survivor skill. We’re able to read the room, scope out the nearest exit, understand what the shuffling footstep means, and instantly react to that slight facial expression change others never notice. We become exteroceptive1 geniuses, a...
by Penny Payton | Sep 6, 2022 | Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
As I mentioned in the previous post, I had lived over a half-century, clueless in my own understanding of how emotions worked. In fact, I was absolutely unaware that I was clueless. My life looked like the freaking American Dream. I’d had amazing experiences that...
by Shirley Davis | Sep 5, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness
For the past few years, a relatively new phrase has entered the vernacular of psychiatry, emotional intelligence. What is emotional intelligence? How can you achieve it? What are the benefits of learning to become more emotionally intelligent? How is emotional...
