by Roseanne Reilly | Jun 16, 2025 | Body Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Taking the Edge Off Sadness There can be a sadness that emerges when we begin to truly see, when we wake up to the realization that we have lived much of our lives in survival stress. It is the grief of recognizing that our choices, our relationships, our very sense...
by Natalie Rose | Jun 11, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Expressive Writing, Guest Contributor
TRIGGER WARNING: Writer’s Note: This post contains references to suicidal ideation, sexual assault, and psychiatric ward experiences. Names have been changed. Five words got me tied up on a stretcher in the back of this ambulance. Five words, starting with “I want”...
by Danica Alison | Apr 10, 2025 | Betrayal, Building Resilience in Healing, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Self-Acceptance
For most of my life, I had no reason to question my past. I had warm childhood memories, a solid understanding of who I was, and no indication that something darker lurked beneath the surface. But then, seemingly out of nowhere, my mind cracked open, and pieces of a...
by Jack Brody | Feb 18, 2025 | Abandonment and CPTSD, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Grief, Guest Contributor
I was once told that we had to explore the darkness in our healing before we found the light; I never quite understood what that meant or how hard it would be until I really dug deep into my own healing. What people don’t understand is how exhausting healing...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jan 8, 2025 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
My name is Elizabeth, and I am a survivor of CSA and horrific trauma. I write because I want to raise awareness to people of what it is like to live with Complex PTSD, after a life of abuse. In this blog, I want to address the trauma response that so many survivors...
by Rachel Grant | Jan 7, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
I recently connected with Jennie Delreeve, a health practicioner who, alongside her partner Duncan, help women who have experienced trauma feel safe, strong, and confident in mind and body to reverse pelvic organ prolapse naturally and return to running, lifting, and...
