by Shirley Davis | Jan 16, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Hope, Men's Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy
**Trigger Warning** This article will be tough to read and may trigger some people. Caution is advised. Suicide is tricky to write about because it brings up so many negative connotations. Writing about male suicide is even trickier because I am not a man; in some...
by Shravani Bojja | Jan 12, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Trauma
The Oxford Dictionary defines intersectionality as “the interconnected nature of social categorisations such as race, class, and gender, regarded as creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage”. Intersectionality is the...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jan 12, 2023 | Combat Trauma, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
As we wave goodbye to 2022 some of us are filled with nostalgia looking back on a year full of happiness and challenges. I don’t think anyone can achieve true happiness every single day but hey… What do I know? Challenges, however, I do know about. Life is full of...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 9, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Men's Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy
Society is funny. On the one hand, they act like mental illness is contagious and shun those who live with it, and on the other hand, they say that they are angry that taxpayers must foot part of the bill to help people get well. In either circumstance, stigma, aka...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jan 6, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Grief, Guest Contributor
The Damage of Abuse Childhood abuse is one of the worst forms of torture a person can endure. It feels like being in a war zone, imprisoned by cruel dictators and forced to live under their every will and command until the law “says” you are old enough to have your...
by Milena "Mila" Stankovic | Dec 29, 2022 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships, Hope
Why do we believe that we don’t deserve better? I will tell you a universal secret: we do deserve better. Love doesn’t hurt. Broken illusions hurt, not sorting your codependency hurts. But True Love, my dear readers don’t hurt. I’ve been in very toxic...
