by Maria Anna van Driel | Sep 2, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
I want to start the second part of this trilogy by offering you a compliment and that I am convinced because you are here and reading this article because you are wanting to learn. In other words, you are the kind of person that wants to receive input in a way that...
by Rebekah Brown | Sep 1, 2022 | Abandonment and CPTSD, ACEs, Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, Holidays, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
I sat in the graduation ceremony surrounded by thousands of proud parents and friends and watched as my son marched in to receive his college diploma in civil engineering. It was a crowning achievement not only for him but for me. Not because I had anything to...
by Penny Payton | Aug 30, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
When I first started this journey back on Easter of 2012, I had no idea where it would lead me. Somehow it seemed as if I was being led away from a life that had not been right for me and shoved onto an entirely new path. Now almost eight years later I can see why and...
by Shirley Davis | Aug 29, 2022 | Abandonment and CPTSD
Nothing can shake the soul of a person more than abandonment. No matter what time of our lives it happens, it is excruciating and life-altering. This article will focus on abandonment and ways to heal from its effects. What is abandonment? Abandonment is an act...
by Rebekah Brown | Aug 25, 2022 | Anger, Anxiety, Boundaries, Complex PTSD Healing, Emotional Wellness, Family Estrangement, Trauma-Informed
In preparing the blog this week, I thought about the outrage survivors often feel. We are told to “move on,” “forgive,” “hurt people hurt people,” “why can’t you just get over it?” and a host of other minimizing comments. The outrage is there for a reason, and...
by Jamie Donmoyer | Aug 24, 2022 | Attachment Trauma, Boundaries, Building Resilience in Healing, Codependency, Combat Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD and Parenting, Family Estrangement, Gaslighting, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Aliention
The positives and pitfalls of cutting communication with a toxic parent. Written by the scapegoat child of a narcissistic parent. So, you’ve decided to go “no contact” with a toxic parent. Congratulations! Maybe you’re exhausted from the angry messages, controlling...
by Shirley Davis | Aug 22, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD
Having an invisible disability like complex post-traumatic stress disorder is challenging. There are few outward signs to show that the person has a disorder, so often, family, friends, and employers don’t understand or recognize CPTSD as a disability. This...
by Cyndi Bennett | Aug 19, 2022 | Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Trauma, Trauma-Informed
I was talking to someone recently about my desire to help trauma survivors overcome the lasting effects of trauma on their careers, and the comment I got was, “Wow, I can tell you are really passionate about that.” I have heard this so much throughout my career that...
by Rebekah Brown | Aug 18, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Self-Harm
Add wings to your trauma recovery by using The Three C’s. Choice- coming to believe you have the power to choose. I stayed in a relationship with my abusers for over fifty years. You don’t think they maintained that kind of power by telling me the truth, do you? They...
by Heidi Fischer | Aug 17, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
This article was originally published on The Mighty. I have two modes of operation. Either I run at 125% or total collapse. Both ways of existing have their place, and I’m rather skilled at each. Yet in truth, this is not very healthy, and so I’m trying to figure out...
