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...
by Sheri Heller | Jun 21, 2023 | ACEs, Brain Chemistry, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Recovery, Trauma-Informed
God asks no person whether he or she will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how ~ Henry Ward Beecher Trauma is a penetrating wound and injury, which threatens one’s life and arrests the course of normal development by its...
by Caroline Rena | Jun 2, 2023 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Highly Sensitive
What Have I Learned? I have been on my healing journey for over 30 years. Trauma and Complex PTSD have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I have known for a long time that I am a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), with 26 out of the 27 traits listed on...
by Destiny Mowadeng | May 31, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Living with Disabilities
“A half-truth is even more dangerous than a lie. A lie, you can detect at some stage, but half a truth is sure to mislead you”. I am infuriated with the pure ignorance of people, their unwillingness to learn or realize what they are believing and claim to know about...
by LWK | May 24, 2023 | Anxiety, Brain Chemistry, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
High-functioning anxiety can be a royal pain in the posterior. You experience the usual symptoms: Excessive worrying Sense of impending doom Exhaustion Insomnia Social withdrawal Loss of appetite Impatience, irritability, and angry outbursts A horrendous fear of...
by Terry Baranski | May 23, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Mindfulness, Pain, Uncategorized
The CPTSD foundation’s website succinctly defines CPTSD as a term that “describes the results of ongoing, inescapable, relational trauma.” In this post I’ll delve into trauma, using a wider lens than is typical. I’ll differentiate between...
