by Kelly McNamara | Oct 25, 2021 | ADHD, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor, Healing Self-Shame, Post Traumatic Growth, Triggers
Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, also known as CPTSD, does not only affect captives of war, those affected by institutional traumas, or severe domestic abuse. CPTSD can develop in anyone who has experienced numerous traumas and/or ongoing traumatic events over...
by Mari Stewart | Sep 14, 2021 | ACEs, Anxiety, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Self-Harm, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Feeling Good Enough
There is an event in the writing world called #PitMad. It is a Twitter event with a specialized hashtag, #PitMad in this case, where writers can pitch their novels to agents. It’s a bit like Carnivale crossed with Bedlam. These events have really taken off in the past...
by Lily Tecklher | Aug 18, 2021 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Symptoms of CPTSD
Trauma Treatment, Cicadas and the Emerging Buzz of Hope by Lily Tecklher *TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains an account of child assault. Please practice self-care when reading and step away if you become triggered. In 1987,...
by Maxine Dolma | Jun 30, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
Self-love can feel dangerous, selfish, or vain if you’ve grown up in an abusive environment. The adults in your life most likely spent an excessive amount of time negatively focused on you, using your so-called ‘flaws’ as an excuse to take their anger out...
by Gemma Jones | Jun 23, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Attachment Trauma, Building Resilience in Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
Windy days that escape my reality to a world of internal intrigue and outside disassociation that will be forever in my psyche. Do I want to leave this world behind I do not really know as it has been my world for such an exceptionally long and the little girl in me...
by Mari Stewart | Jun 11, 2021 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
There is no word to describe the feeling. I tried time after time to define this knot of emotions. It is a task that is beyond my ability. I cannot find a singular word that describes the feeling. I keep looking but, for the moment I carry this undefined weight with...
