by Belinda Pyle | Jun 2, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, Guest Contributor
As anyone in recovery, books are a go-to source of help and healing. When I learned about CPTSD and my poster child status, I headed for Dr. Google to find some clarity and to do some home study. I was not encouraged by the results of my “CPTSD book” search; “Did you...
by Chris Prange-Morgan | May 28, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Parenting, CPTSD Research, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) describes epigenetics as the study of how your behaviours and environment can cause changes that affect the way your genes work.[1] While we may have inherited certain DNA from our biological parents, the choices we make in our...
by Rebekah Brown | May 21, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, Pyschotherapy, Self-Acceptance, Suicide Prevention, Trauma-Informed
Into the Breach My brother Jimmy was like a navy seal. Intent on drawing any rage my parents might be brewing, he crept down the hall as I followed, carefully placing each tip-toed step in silence. Together, we moved through the house without a sound. I smiled to...
by Shirley Davis | May 3, 2021 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing
Childhood should be a carefree time full of learning and joy. However, many children aren’t that lucky and grow up in homes that are dysfunctional and abusive. These encounters are known as adverse childhood experiences and change the future of the child forever. One...
by Randi | Apr 29, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Parenting, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor, Self-Acceptance
I was asked to write a post on my blog about life through my eyes. Although I welcome suggestions, this topic is probably the one that is hardest for me to write. I have written many posts about my struggles, but to describe what life feels like for me is incredibly...
by Robyn Brickel | Apr 28, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, Trauma-Informed
The experience of trauma makes a profound mark on a person. It doesn’t matter whether the injury is grave and evident, as the bruising of a battered person, or hard to see, like the emotional neglect of someone detached and withdrawn. Whatever the cause, when a person...
