by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Apr 7, 2026 | Brain Chemistry, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD
People don’t become controlling because they enjoy it. They become controlling because trauma taught them that unpredictability is dangerous. When life blindsides you enough times, your nervous system starts operating like a private security detail—monitoring,...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Apr 2, 2026 | Brain Chemistry, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Narcissistic Abuse
Families living with chronic instability often divide their children into roles that were never chosen. One child reacts loudly. Another reacts quietly. The loud one becomes the identified problem. The quiet one becomes the praised anomaly. The truth is less...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Mar 5, 2026 | Addiction, Body Chemistry, Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Self Regulation
I have never been a drinker. Most people assume that means I didn’t like the taste or that I grew up in a strict household. The truth is simpler and more human. I was adopted at birth and raised as an only child by two functioning alcoholics. Nothing about that...
by Elizabeth Woods | Feb 4, 2026 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Life Management Skills, Mindfulness, Self Regulation
How are you doing? How is life treating you at the moment? Life doesn’t need to crash completely for you to feel “down on your luck.” A failed promotion, a work project that didn’t go as planned, or a missed opportunity can set you back months. Maybe the boss is...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Feb 2, 2026 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
Antinatalism is often mislabeled as nihilism. It isn’t hatred of life, nor is it the rejection of love. In clinical reality, it is what happens when empathy outruns endurance—when people who have witnessed too much pain begin to believe that non-creation is the final...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Dec 18, 2025 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
There are certain traits that trauma survivors downplay because they sound far-fetched to those who have never lived inside chronic unpredictability. One of the most common is the ability to sense danger before any visible cue appears. Not fear, not a hunch, but a...
