by Danica Alison | Apr 10, 2025 | Betrayal, Building Resilience in Healing, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Self-Acceptance
For most of my life, I had no reason to question my past. I had warm childhood memories, a solid understanding of who I was, and no indication that something darker lurked beneath the surface. But then, seemingly out of nowhere, my mind cracked open, and pieces of a...
by Jack Brody | Nov 26, 2024 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Having cPTSD often makes you look at life through a black-and-white lens, and your trauma response to life is not just constantly assessing whether or not people are safe but also whether our environments are safe. For a really long time, my thinking was on a...
by Rachel Grant | Nov 13, 2024 | ACEs, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
TRIGGER WARNING – This article discusses sexual abuse. We are going to address an often ignored topic: sibling s*xual abuse. Over the 17 years of doing this work, I’ve supported countless people in healing from this type of abuse, which has its own unique...
by Elizabeth Woods | Aug 7, 2024 | ACEs, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
***TRIGGER WARNING*** The following article discusses traumatic events, including sexual abuse. The word PTSD is often thrown out there into the ether of speech or within news broadcasts as a category for someone who has “mental problems.” It is often used in a...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Jun 21, 2024 | Attachment Trauma, Borderline Personality Disorder, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Journaling, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Health Awareness, Money & Healthcare
Mental health services in the UK have always been hard to access. In the past 5 years, they can no longer meet the increasing number of suffering individuals’ needs. The recurring question is, “Why are more people diagnosed with depression/ADHD/...
by Elizabeth Woods | Mar 29, 2024 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Holiday Stress
Easter is one of the most important celebrations of the Christian faith and other faiths celebrate their own traditions and celebrations during this time too. If you are a Christian, Easter isn’t just a long weekend of special days but a season of religious...
