by Shirley Davis | Sep 26, 2022 | Addiction, CPTSD
One of the defining symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is emotional dysregulation which can lead to survivors looking for ways to cope with how they feel. Unfortunately, opioids are one of the ways that people with CPTSD turn for relief. This...
by Eric Zuniga | Sep 23, 2022 | CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
If someone considers you wounded, it just means they can’t see your authentic self. Of course, it might be buried under emotional rubble, but everyone has an innate intelligence. Collecting rubble happens, but it doesn’t need to define anyone. Like the weather, storms...
by Robyn Brickel | Sep 23, 2022 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Hope
“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you make them feel.” – Maya Angelou Finding hope, let alone holding hope as a thread through life these days, can seem like a tough task for so many. Trauma survivors...
by Tracy Guy | Sep 22, 2022 | Abuse, Anger, Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Depression, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Family Estrangement, Grief, OCD, Parental Alienation, Post Traumatic Growth, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Self-Acceptance, Sexual Abuse, Shame, Silent Bystander Parents, Symptoms of CPTSD, Trauma, Trauma-Informed, Trauma-Informed Tuesday Newsletter, Treatment, Treatment for CPTSD, What is CPTSD
What is Betrayal Trauma? How do you begin to heal when you discover that your partner has been unfaithful? How do you learn to trust again when a family member has betrayed you? How do you move forward when your boss abused their position of power and sexually...
by Destiny Mowadeng | Sep 22, 2022 | Guest Contributor, Suicide Prevention
TRIGGER WARNING!! The content in this article discusses suicide and suicidal ideations. Suicide is the act of causing the death of yourself. When people think of suicide an image of someone jumping off a bridge or a cliff may come to mind. Maybe even jumping onto...
by Sunny Lynn, OMC | Sep 21, 2022 | Anxiety, Building Resilience in Healing, Emotional Wellness, Self Care
Finding Gold in the Cracks (as published in the HeartBalm Healing Podcast at https://heartbalm.substack.com) Living in the contrast of life can feel daunting, overwhelming, and uncomfortable yet everything in this life is about contrast. Slowing down the images and...
by Shirley Davis | Sep 19, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness
All people always need to change their self-awareness to compensate for what they encounter in their lives regularly. One way to accomplish this is to raise your emotional intelligence. This article will again discuss emotional intelligence and outline how you can...
by Heidi Fischer | Sep 16, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Hypervigilance, Post Traumatic Growth, Triggers
This article was originally published on The Mighty. I have a well-worn neural pathway in my brain. My mind sprints down this pathway when it notices my body is acting weird. I quickly go from “hmm something seems off” to “I am in mortal peril right now.” This...
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,...
