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Incest the Taboo Subject

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....

Introduction to CPTSD in the Workplace

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...

Codependency After Childhood Sexual Abuse

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...

Trauma Treatment, Cicadas and the Emerging Buzz of Hope

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,...

We always have choices.

by Jeff Spiteri | May 26, 2021 | ACEs, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships, Men's Mental Health

We always have choices, sometimes the choice to make a change or take on a quest or journey can be the scariest decision of all. But it is when we leave behind what is familiar that we make space to see with a perspective where we were. While the journey itself can...

The Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse

by Shirley Davis | Apr 26, 2021 | Childhood Sexual Abuse

This series in April has focused on childhood sexual abuse, what it is, and how it affects its victims long-term. Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) is an insidious blight on our world and destroys the future of our country, our children. This article will focus on how to...

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