by Cyndi Bennett | Jul 13, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
One of the major components of career development is self-awareness. Self-awareness is “conscious knowledge of one’s own character, feelings, motives, and desires.” It is also a conscious knowledge of your giftedness, skills, and goals. Self-awareness helps us...
by Rachel Grant | Jul 12, 2023 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
I’m not going to waste any time in this month’s post – let’s get right to the heart of the matter. “How easily a life can become a litany of guilt and regret, a song that keeps echoing with the same chorus, with the inability to forgive...
by Mari Stewart | Jul 11, 2023 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
You might think that the ultimate profession for someone with CPTSD was writing. You get to hide facelessly behind a keyboard and play with words. Sounds like a sweet gig. However, there is an ugly truth about writing which needs to be uncovered. As can be attested by...
by Julie Faruba | Jul 4, 2023 | Brain Chemistry, Core Beliefs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor, PTSD, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma
In a little over a week, I and the (mental) health director of the Jeffry Stijn Foundation for Mental Health and Patient Advocacy, will be attending the 34th Annual Boston International Trauma Conference virtually. A few days ago I decided to read Bessel van der...
by Cyndi Bennett | Jun 30, 2023 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, PTSD, Trauma
Trauma is a word or a concept that does not resonate with everyone. This is especially true for those of the older generation. Many in the older generations, like my mother’s age (70’s and above), say things like, “That was just life…it was what it was,” and that is...
by Terry Baranski | Jun 22, 2023 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Hypervigilance
Introduction One of the banes of our culture’s psychiatric ideology is its tendency to pathologize mental health difficulties as “disorders” and “diseases”, both of which imply that there’s something wrong with a person that needs to be fixed. This often leads someone...
