by Elizabeth Woods | Jan 20, 2023 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
Have you ever been curious about why and how you react to events and other things that are different from your friends? As a CPTSD survivor, I started questioning why I am the way I am in certain situations. I have noticed all my life that most people around me do not...
by Laura Buchenlicht | Jan 13, 2023 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Family Estrangement, Generational Trauma, Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
This blog originally appeared: at YouTube: If someone had told me just one year ago that I’d be running a YouTube channel with videos of me giving talks and reciting my own poetry in twelve months’ time, I wouldn’t have believed them. I was the youngest child in...
by Elizabeth Woods | Nov 18, 2022 | Brain Chemistry, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor
What are Flashbacks? Flashbacks are raw, unaltered memories that suddenly enter your conscious mind. A flashback can strike at any moment out of the blue, or it can be triggered by a smell, taste, feeling, word, situation, or almost anything that is personal to your...
by Ramon Diaz | Nov 16, 2022 | Body Chemistry, Brain Chemistry, Guest Contributor, Sports Trauma
Recently, a major incident took place after a college football game ended at the University of Michigan. Several Michigan State football players allegedly attacked players from the University of Michigan. This rivalry is popular for many reasons. These two schools...
by Rebekah Brown | Sep 28, 2022 | Anger, Anxiety, Boundaries, Brain Chemistry, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Recovery, Self Care, Trauma
What is The Dread? The Dread. That sounds rather odd doesn’t it? It makes dread personal. Like a living thing that comes in and out of my life as it pleases. Well, that’s exactly what it feels like. In author, Stephanie Foo’s excellent book about recovery from...
by Ramon Diaz | Sep 27, 2022 | Body Chemistry, Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
A body goes through many processes to defend itself from trauma. One of those processes is the activation of microglia. This type of cell accounts for nearly 15% of all cells found within the brain. This cell acts as one of the first lines of defense against trauma....