8 Things Survivors Need to Stop Apologizing For | Part 1 | Needing Rest (video)
So many survivors learned that rest was laziness or weakness. But when your nervous system has spent years surviving, rest is repair. What’s your relationship with rest right now? Click to watch: Opens in same window Photo Credit: Unsplash Guest Post...
The abuse without bruises: How emotional harm in childhood is overlooked
In August of 1992 I ran from my home on East Goldsborough Street to the local police station. I arrived sweating, panting, my face red with fury and with the oppressive Northwest Indiana heat. I was 17 years old, and didn’t realize what I was doing until I was...
8 Ways to Emotionally Support Yourself When No One Else Does
What can you do when no one is giving you closure, safety, or nurturing? Here are 8 needs trauma survivors have and what you can do to meet them yourself. Becoming Your Own First Responder Quinn sat on the edge of their twin bed, staring at their phone screen through...
Trauma Can Make You Feel Broken: Understanding CPTSD and Why You Feel This Way.
Within me, a quiet question lingered for years: Why am I feeling so broken?” I experienced periods where I lacked self-understanding of what was going on with me. I found myself puzzled by my feelings of unease when I was with certain people or in specific...