by Rebecca Donaldson | Dec 18, 2020 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing
I was told one time that girls don’t play sports. So I stood outside of grocery stores at 14 and sold pizza cards until I had the 3,000 dollars to play volleyball. I was scoffed at one time when I said I wanted to study abroad. “Good luck with that,” someone said. So...
by Rebekah Brown | Dec 16, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, Guest Contributor
In the popular children’s book “Ramona the Pest” by Beverly Cleary, five-year-old Ramona is told to “sit here for the present” by her kindergarten teacher, Miss Binney. Misunderstanding the instruction, Ramona refuses to move from her seat for the rest of the day. She...
by Rebecca Donaldson | Dec 11, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Dissociation and CPTSD
I startle easily, I’m hypersensitive, and I often feel as if I am floating above my body. I fluctuate between being here one moment and looking down on myself the next. Crying comes on randomly. Sometimes it happens because of a class lecture. Sometimes it’s nothing...
by Rebekah Brown | Dec 9, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing
There is a rhythm to life. Night turns into day, morning becomes evening, autumn changes to winter, and spring becomes summer. Meal times are a daily ritual and holidays a yearly cause for celebration. Life achievements and milestones move in a natural, ever-flowing...
by Alice Kenny | Dec 4, 2020 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Eating Disorders and CPTSD, Guest Contributor, The Brain and CPTSD
(The article below is an excerpt from my book, Crazy Was All I Ever Knew: The Impact of Maternal Mental Illness on Kids. I have used a pseudonym to protect the privacy of family members.) Research shows that many children who experience adversity are amazingly...
by Jess | Dec 2, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Emotional Wellness, Symptoms of CPTSD
Trigger Warning: be kind to yourself as you read. In addition, This guest post does contain language that some may not feel comfortable reading. What is there to say about emotions? In the life of a Traumatized Motherfucker… a whole lot. They’re either here, making...
