by Shirley Davis | Oct 28, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Symptoms of CPTSD
In this series, we have concentrated on the symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) and highlighted how each one changes lives. This article will focus on the final six symptoms: Feeling different from other people Feeling ashamed Feeling guilty...
by Shirley Davis | Oct 21, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Symptoms of CPTSD
Recently we have been discussing the twenty-four most common symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). We’ve discovered in pieces one and two in this series how people living with the aftereffects of severe repeated trauma often experience sleep...
by Shirley Davis | Oct 14, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Symptoms of CPTSD
Previously, we began looking at the symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). We learned together how life-altering the symptoms of this enigmatic disorder are to the everyday lives of those who live with them. Today we are going to survey more of...
by Shirley Davis | Oct 7, 2019 | ACEs, CPTSD Research
The ACEs Study In the early 1990s, a physician named Vincent Felitti who worked for Kaiser Permanente in San Diego asked a patient who had lost a great deal of weight in a weight loss program why they had dropped out. The answer given stunned Dr. Felitti. That person...
by Shirley Davis | Sep 30, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Symptoms of CPTSD, What is CPTSD
There can be no doubt that the symptoms of complex post-traumatic stress disorder are life-altering and debilitating. In this article, we begin a series outlining the symptoms of CPTSD a few at a time to help bring understanding that the world is correct, complex...
by Shirley Davis | Sep 23, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, What is CPTSD
Talk Therapy. When people visualize talk therapy, they usually conjure thoughts of a therapist sitting in a chair beside their client who is reclining on a couch beside them. While lying down and speaking to a therapist is not disallowed, it usually isn’t what...
