by Shirley Davis | Jan 6, 2022 | Attachment Trauma, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Many of us have heard of codependency and narcissism. Codependency is when two people are locked in a life where they feed off on another, causing mental anguish. Narcissism is when one of the pair is self-centered, arrogant, and lacks empathy for their partner. In...
by Benjamin Holthaus | Dec 22, 2021 | Attachment Trauma, CPTSD Research, CPTSD Survivor Stories
Almost a year ago, I was invited to guest write in this forum, after releasing my book. For almost a year I have had this page bookmarked. I’ve seen it every day, but the intense fear of ridicule, judgment, and frankly feeling of irrelevance has stopped me from...
by Sheri Heller | Nov 16, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, Guest Contributor, Healing Codependency, Healthy Relationships
There’s no doubt that the quest for love is universal. The giving and receiving of love are as fundamental to our well-being as the air we breathe. In fact, according to the maternal deprivation hypothesis infants regardless of whether they are puppies, monkeys or...
by Shirley Davis | Oct 25, 2021 | Attachment Trauma, Substance Abuse
In the first three articles, we have discussed that growing up in an alcoholic or other dysfunctional home changes the lives of the children involved forever. Alcoholism is a family disease that affects everyone and harms children. In this article, we shall explore...
by Shane Bouel | Aug 25, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Anxiety, Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD and Foster Care, CPTSD and Adoption
Have you ever heard of the term… “You are where you’re supposed to be”? Serendipity, many people think that serendipity is a happy accident, coincidence, good fortune. Serendipity means looking at what others see as a problem and seeing instead...
by Gemma Jones | Jun 23, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Attachment Trauma, Building Resilience in Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
Windy days that escape my reality to a world of internal intrigue and outside disassociation that will be forever in my psyche. Do I want to leave this world behind I do not really know as it has been my world for such an exceptionally long and the little girl in me...
