by Shirley Davis | Apr 18, 2022 | Childhood Sexual Abuse
Trigger Warning The following piece deals with incest and is not suitable for all readers. So far in this series on incest, we have covered how society looks at incest and how it is unacceptable, even in today’s society. We have also visited how incest is...
by Shirley Davis | Apr 11, 2022 | Attachment Trauma, Childhood Sexual Abuse
Trigger Warning The following piece deals with incest and is not suitable for all readers. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Incest is a topic that most people would rather avoid....
by Shirley Davis | Apr 4, 2022 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Relationships
Trigger Warning The following piece deals with incest and is not suitable for all readers. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ There is possibly no topic more controversial or taboo than speaking about incest....
by Cyndi Bennett | Mar 1, 2022 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
Sometimes, managing the symptoms of CPTSD and developmental trauma seems like a full-time job, but I already have a full-time career. How can I make it through the workday without totally falling apart? How can I continue to perform at work when I keep getting...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 10, 2022 | ACEs, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing
Codependency causes people to feed off each other’s emotions and to lose their ability to care for themselves. Codependency is a cruel dance where one person needs the other who needs to be needed. Thus, you end up with one adult being the giver and the other the...
by Lily Tecklher | Aug 18, 2021 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Symptoms of CPTSD
Trauma Treatment, Cicadas and the Emerging Buzz of Hope by Lily Tecklher *TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains an account of child assault. Please practice self-care when reading and step away if you become triggered. In 1987,...
