by Martin Dearlove | May 28, 2020 | CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
The ‘Knock-Downs’ and the ‘Bounce Backs’ as referred to in the article Part One of ‘Jack in the Box’ were classic examples of ‘Adversity’ and ‘Resilience’ at odds with one another, in battle, but also co-operating, mediating and resolving the crisis together. There...
by Martin Dearlove | May 14, 2020 | CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
Jack in the Box – Part One The first thousand days 0,1,2,3 years of age and for some additional delight let’s throw in age 4. Making it the first 1460 days (this excludes the ‘count down days’ of pregnancy and the development of the fetus in utero). We know the...
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...
