by Elizabeth Woods | Dec 23, 2024 | Anxiety, Boundaries, Building Resilience in Healing, Combat Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Parenting, Feeling Good Enough, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships, Holidays
It is Christmas Eve, and Christians worldwide are celebrating one of the most important holidays of the year – the birth of Christ. It is a season to be jolly and happy. A time to celebrate with family and friends. It is a time for everyone, no matter what their...
by Tracy Guy | Dec 19, 2024 | Betrayal, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Dysregulation, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships, self trust, Self-Acceptance, Shame, Trust, War & Combat Trauma
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) arises from prolonged exposure to trauma, often in situations where escape feels impossible. Unlike PTSD, which is generally linked to a single traumatic event, CPTSD develops over time in contexts like childhood abuse,...
by Jack Brody | Dec 3, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor
On my healing journey, I discover new things every day. When I learned I had Alexithymia, after the initial feeling of “great, another thing to contend with” because of my trauma, it actually helped me better understand what it was I was experiencing, how...
by Cyndi Bennett | Nov 29, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
A Crucial Skill for Trauma Survivors in the Workplace Introduction Embarking on a career journey, especially as a trauma survivor, is a courageous adventure that demands resilience, strength, and a key understanding of emotional intelligence (EI). In this article, we...
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 Sadie Montgomery | Nov 20, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, EMDR, Guest Contributor
My mother died when I was twelve. Although my biological father was a loving presence in my life, it was decided that I remain living with my stepfather, who was deemed better able to care for me. My stepfather quickly remarried, and my stepmother’s arrival marked the...
