by Cyndi Bennett | Apr 13, 2023 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
Have you ever felt overwhelmed by all the tasks you have to perform at work to the point that you can’t get even one of them done? Have you ever taken on too much work because you didn’t want to disappoint someone or let them down? Have you ever had difficulty saying...
by Jess | Apr 12, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Relationships
How do you feel about relationships? Complicated? Do you: want them? despise them? fear them? long for them? exit relationships rapidly? get stuck in them Are you haunted by cycles of unfulfillment? At the beginning, middle, and end of the day maybe you’re a bit...
by Belinda Pyle | Apr 7, 2023 | Anxiety, Building Resilience in Healing, Combat Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Depression, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships, Hope, Life Management Skills, Post Traumatic Growth, PTSD, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Self-Acceptance, Symptoms of CPTSD, Trauma
The stigma surrounding medications for mental illness often drives people away from what they need most. Many people innocently say, “I hate taking medications” or “I would never take them”. Isn’t it lovely that some people have a choice? People who don’t need...
by Cyndi Bennett | Apr 6, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
Here we are at the beginning of a new year…2023. We can finally put 2022 to bed with all its challenges and start turning our attention to a new beginning. I love the New Year. It is like a “do-over” card or a mulligan. I love setting goals and challenging myself to...
by Jessie Moss | Apr 5, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Addicted to the loop of instability I unconsciously chased unsafe situations. Even as I became more aware, the poor me attitude quickly brought me to the same situations time and time again, just showing up in so many different types of people, different ways on...
by Shigeko Ito | Mar 31, 2023 | Anxiety, CPTSD and PTSD, Depression, Guest Contributor, Shame, Trauma
Sometimes I wonder what might have happened to me had I stayed in Japan. Might I have joined the million-plus ranks of hikikomori (shut-ins withdrawn from society) that exist in Japan today? This is an unsettling thought. It’s difficult to dismiss the hikikomori issue...
