by Kelly Palmer | Mar 8, 2022 | Addiction, Guest Contributor, Recovery
Why are we so reluctant to let go of outdated ideas and concepts, terrified that we will relapse if we don’t maintain the status quo? Recovery is about stories. Stories of hope, stories of change. In addiction, the stories we tell about ourselves...
by Mari Stewart | Mar 3, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, What is CPTSD
People often find it difficult to explain, or to understand Complex PTSD. I often find myself falling into metaphor or analogy to explain the experience. The reason for using an abstraction is because in Complex PTSD the particulars from one person to another vary –...
by Ramon Diaz | Mar 2, 2022 | Brain Chemistry, Guest Contributor, Trauma
Researchers discuss about how trauma causes stress levels to become unstable. I want to take a closer look at what this means. From one view, stress can point to a specific stress chemical that is produced in the adrenal glands. Adrenal glands are located on top of...
by Cyndi Bennett | Mar 1, 2022 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
Sometimes, managing the symptoms of CPTSD and developmental trauma seems like a full-time job, but I already have a full-time career. How can I make it through the workday without totally falling apart? How can I continue to perform at work when I keep getting...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 28, 2022 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Attachment Trauma
The entire month of February, we discussed rejection trauma and how it affects people who grew up in abusive homes. We have discussed what rejection trauma is, how rejection trauma affects interpersonal relationships, and the freeze/fawn response. This article will...
by Amy Watson | Feb 25, 2022 | Guest Contributor, Spirituality
They were serial killers, both of them. They were also the people my mom chose to babysit my sister and me. Regardless of where we were, I was happy if it wasn’t at home with an emotionally absent mom and an abusive stepfather. When we were at home we were padlocked...
by Shane Bouel | Feb 23, 2022 | Anxiety, CPTSD, CPTSD and Adoption, CPTSD and PTSD, Depression, Emotional Wellness, PTSD
Pro-life A foetus has rights! Adoption A child in a contract they never signed! What is being said here is that you as life, have rights, but only under the conditions that are dictated. Adoptees can categorically state that living the life of adoption is extremely...
by Ramon Diaz | Feb 22, 2022 | Brain Chemistry, Guest Contributor, Trauma
Working in an intensive outpatient facility, I often encounter presenting symptoms of depression, anxiety, and different presentations of personality disorders at a severe level. One contributing factor that comes up often with my patients is the role trauma plays...
by Shirley Davis | Feb 21, 2022 | Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, Post Traumatic Growth
Nature has endowed humanity with mechanisms to manage stress, fear, and severe trauma. We can survive childhood rejection by our parents, our peers, and ourselves. There are two mannerisms that we inherited through evolution meant to keep us safe, but that might alter...
by Paul Michael Marinello | Feb 18, 2022 | Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation
Since moving to Lake Worth Beach, Florida nearly two years ago, many of my mornings have been spent at the beach, watching the sunrise. Its vibrant flair and constantly changing canvas made my mornings whole by allowing me to breathe the salty air and watch the sun...
