by Sarah Arnold | Mar 25, 2025 | ACEs, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional, Sexual Abuse
***TRIGGER WARNING: This article discusses sexual trauma and abuse to children and could be triggering*** Afraid To Go To SchoolAt the beginning of third grade, our usually happy and confident son, William, became panic-stricken about going to school. This...
by Elizabeth Woods | Feb 27, 2025 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor
***TRIGGER WARNING: The following post discusses sensitive issues including child abuse.*** Family is defined as “the basic unit in society traditionally consisting of two parents rearing their children” in the Merriam Webster online dictionary....
by Rebekah Brown | Jan 20, 2025 | ACEs, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Mindfulness
~The Intractable Nature of Fear and Anxiety in the life of a childhood trauma survivor Since I can’t possibly know what life is like through another person’s eyes, I can only speak for myself. Having said that, childhood trauma survivors have a lot in...
by Morrene Hauser | Dec 18, 2024 | ACEs, CPTSD, Depression, Estrangement, Guest Contributor
***TRIGGER WARNING – The following article discusses childhood abuse. I always knew I wasn’t wanted. From as far back as I can remember, my mother told me that she had gotten pregnant with me a month after my brother was born and how she felt about that....
by Elizabeth Woods | Dec 17, 2024 | ACEs, CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
“Each one of us has lived through some devastation, some loneliness, some weather superstorm or spiritual superstorm; when we look at each other, we must say, I understand. I understand how you feel because I have been there myself. We must support each other...
by Lee Frost | Dec 10, 2024 | ACEs, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
***TRIGGER WARNING: The following article discusses childhood trauma and could be triggering.*** I found the photo not long after being diagnosed with CPSTD. Little broken me looking into the camera with a depth of pain and sorrow that no child should have to bear....
