by Cyndi Bennett | Dec 21, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
This one phrase is enough to strike fear and paralysis into the heart of any trauma survivor. It comes up often in interviews and initiating connections with people. Why is this so difficult, and what can we do about it? Why is it so difficult to tell people about...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 18, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, Holiday Stress, Holidays
Most survivors have families of origin that were responsible for their forming complex post-traumatic stress disorder through committing chronic child abuse. So, the holidays, especially Christmas, are very difficult for them. This article will explore the hazards of...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 11, 2023 | Addiction, Complex PTSD Healing, Holiday Stress, Holidays
It’s that time of year when people around the United States overspend, trying to make their Christmas perfect. Folks run up their credit cards, wrap up their finds, and offer them as gifts. However, for some survivors who have complex post-traumatic stress disorder,...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 4, 2023 | Addiction, Complex PTSD Healing
Every year, survivors face a world gone mad. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s bring with them countless traditions, and people buy things they cannot afford as gifts. When you are a survivor of severe and repeated childhood abuse, you often equate the...
by Cyndi Bennett | Nov 30, 2023 | Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, PTSD, Workplace Trauma
Today, I will share a personal story of how attachment wounds play out in the workplace. I am opening myself up and being vulnerable because I know I am not the only one who has experienced a situation like this, and I want you to know you are not alone. Attachment...
by Jennifer Kindera | Nov 28, 2023 | Codependency, Complex PTSD Healing, Guest Contributor, Healing Codependency, Relationships, Shame
Codependency is a psychological condition in which one person feels an inordinate responsibility for loved ones in a relationship. This reliance can grow to unhealthy proportions, where they feel responsible for their loved one’s thoughts, actions, or feelings and it...