by Belinda Pyle | Apr 16, 2021 | CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
CPTSD is caused by relationships with bad people, but how do we, as adults, separate the good from the bad. I’m at that point where I’m learning about myself and barely trust myself so the idea of trusting others is a bit too much. So, right now, the only new “people”...
by Rebekah Brown | Apr 7, 2021 | Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Feeling Good Enough, Outer Critic, Self-Acceptance
First grade was the first time in my life I felt understood. I loved everything about school. The snacks, the smell of mimeographed worksheets, learning how to read and write, the playground, and most of all, I loved my teacher Mrs. King. She was the first adult I had...
by Andrew Corbett | Mar 29, 2021 | Attachment Trauma, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Symptoms of CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD
It’s around 8 or 9 on a Saturday night and I’m on a 3-hour drive home. I’m returning from the field research I do every weekend in California’s Central Valley as part of my graduate studies. I’m feeling horrible, but not because of any particular event or problem. The...
by Seleste | Mar 25, 2021 | CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks
Trauma recovery is a painful struggle to find your sanity, your voice, and happiness. My experience with dissociation, amnesia, flashbacks, nightmares, insomnia, panic attacks, anxiety, depression, and emotional numbing makes it hard to stay fully present. At any...
by Rebekah Brown | Mar 24, 2021 | Attachment Trauma, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks, Outer Critic, Polyvagal Theory and CPTSD, Symptoms of CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD
The Thumb-Sucker Fight or flight: the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away. **Please be kind to yourself as you read** I thought I was safe. At four years old, I believed if I...
by Rebekah Brown | Mar 19, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks, Polyvagal Theory and CPTSD, Symptoms of CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD
Blackbird Fight or flight: the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away. I covered my ears at the deafening sound of the shotgun blast. My father discharged another volley into the...
