by Cyndi Bennett | Dec 26, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
The Power of Emotional Awareness in Overcoming Dysregulation Emotional awareness plays a crucial role in navigating and overcoming dysregulation. In a world that often moves at a fast pace, we can find ourselves overwhelmed by various stressors, leading to emotional...
by Rebekah Brown | Dec 16, 2024 | Anxiety, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Holidays, Pain, Surviving the Holidays
***TRIGGER WARNING – The following article discusses suicidal ideation and could be triggering. *** I opened the top of my prescription bottle and looked inside. There were only three little, round pills left. Xanax was more valuable to me than gold. I was...
by Cyndi Bennett | Nov 29, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
A Crucial Skill for Trauma Survivors in the Workplace Introduction Embarking on a career journey, especially as a trauma survivor, is a courageous adventure that demands resilience, strength, and a key understanding of emotional intelligence (EI). In this article, we...
by Jesse Donahue | Nov 28, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Living in the dis-worldBy Jesse Donahue 2019©Avow, to make known, to confess or admit. The most striking aspect of my life is the depth, the ever-lurking, unconscious presence of a sense of self that feels… disregarded and dissed from the realm of normality. I feel so...
by Jack Brody | Nov 26, 2024 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Having cPTSD often makes you look at life through a black-and-white lens, and your trauma response to life is not just constantly assessing whether or not people are safe but also whether our environments are safe. For a really long time, my thinking was on a...
by STAR Network | Nov 22, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Dr. Jamie Huysman, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Narcissism and toxic masculinity aren’t just societal issues-they are public health crises disrupting relationships, families, and the mental health of men and women alike. This November, during Men’s Health Month, STAR Network is hosting a transformative livestream...
