by Rebekah Brown | Jun 28, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Family Estrangement, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
For part one of this series see What are The Roles in Dysfunctional Families Systems? A Short Childhood Story My brother glanced at me as we “read” the emotional temperature of the room. What was tonight going to be like? My mother already had one of those frowns on...
by Shirley Davis | Jun 19, 2023 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, LGBTQ, LGBTQ and Complex Trauma Healing
With all the trauma the LGBTQIA+ community faces nowadays, we must discuss how complex trauma from your past has shaped who you are today. No, I don’t mean that childhood trauma caused you to be gay; you were born that way. However, there are many ways that...
by Rebekah Brown | Jun 15, 2023 | Anxiety, Boundaries, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
TRIGGER WARNING: This blog discusses sexual abuse ~In any bereavement, it is seldom clear what exactly is lost ~The things we have stored away deep in our hearts grapple with reality In any type of loss, there is a period of time when the loss does not seem...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Jun 14, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, Core Beliefs, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Self Care
Recently, during meditation, I heard a young inner part of me, loud and clear: “I am not allowed to be happy.” I had just received the publication date for The Blossoming Lotus, my up-coming poetry book. Instead of excitement, I felt suddenly depressed. ...
by Sunny Lynn, OMC | Jun 1, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
The Superpowers of Complex Trauma (as published in The Friday Edition of HeartBalm Healing at https://heartbalm.substack.com) Living with trauma has many facets and differing ways in which it forms and plays out in our lives. It can be a tightrope walk between trying...
by Elizabeth Woods | May 30, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor, Sexual Abuse, The Brain and CPTSD
TRIGGER WARNING – THIS POST DISCUSSES SEXUAL ABUSE My name is Elizabeth and I am a survivor of sexual abuse. I suffered the worst abuse during my first years if you can call any sexual abuse worse than any other. I think the fact that I was so young made the...
