by Emily Wiebe | Apr 30, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Depression, Emotional Flashbacks
I was around 19 years old when I lost the ability to daydream. I didn’t notice it at the time. What I did notice was extreme difficulty with writing. I was taking creative writing courses at Simon Fraser University at the time, and couldn’t understand why I was unable...
by Lisa Taylor | Mar 5, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Depression, Emotional Flashbacks, Grief, Guest Contributor, Healing from Toxic Shame, Mindfulness
It has taken me 43 years to be able to have the strength to write the words I did get out below, it ends abruptly because I could not go any further at that moment, however, I like each of you, am still healing from trauma. I will continue to dig deep and work on a...
by Jennifer "Kaylene" Carter | Feb 27, 2020 | CPTSD Poetry, CPTSD Survivor Stories
A series of 3 poems, shared by guest writer Kaylene, on her realizations through various stages of healing. OVERLOOKED As I look up at the clouds, I give a sigh and start to wonder. Where I’m going, where I’ll stop, Why I’ve been where I have been. Are my choices all...
by Cora Burke | Feb 10, 2020 | ACEs, Attachment Trauma, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Depression
Depression and anxiety are a poor mixture for keeping the engine going. So how is it that so many of us keep on going, day after day, without outwardly batting an eyelid at the multitudes of challenges being thrown our way? Looking back, I can’t imagine how I...
by Godoy | Jan 9, 2020 | CPTSD Survivor Stories
Self-blame, insecurity, depression, codependency, helplessness… There has to be something wrong with me. Right? I learned from a young age that I had to work through life by sacrifice. It does not matter who you are; if you are not useful, not capable of giving...
by Jennifer "Kaylene" Carter | Jan 2, 2020 | CPTSD Poetry, CPTSD Survivor Stories
Keep your head up, your spirits high. Keep learning new ways to fly. Choose your friends with care, Lest you stumble and not have them there. Don’t be swayed by the ways of the others you see. Their opinions won’t matter, eventually. Look for new adventures,...
