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Depression and Anxiety, Running on Empty.

Depression and Anxiety, Running on Empty.

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...
A New Beginning, A Survivor Story of Never Losing Hope.

A New Beginning, A Survivor Story of Never Losing Hope.

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...
To Guide Your Path – A Survivor Poem

To Guide Your Path – A Survivor Poem

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,...
‘I Can’t Remember. But…’ Insight into a New Blog Series.

‘I Can’t Remember. But…’ Insight into a New Blog Series.

by Martin Dearlove | Dec 18, 2019 | CPTSD Research, CPTSD Survivor Stories

As a new and honored guest writer/blogger with the CPTSD Foundation I am going to start this journey with a series of six-week short articles linking thoughts, experiences, reflections, and academia on the topic of CPTSD with a specific focus on children 0 – 4 years...
For So Long…A Thank You, to the compassionate witnesses that caught me just in time.

For So Long…A Thank You, to the compassionate witnesses that caught me just in time.

by Esme Johnson | Dec 6, 2019 | CPTSD Poetry, CPTSD Survivor Stories

For So Long…A Thank You, to the compassionate witnesses that caught me just in time.   (trigger warning)thank you, t For so long, a tortuous lifetime no doubt, Trapped in a medieval pinball machine No rubber bumper obstacles to bounce between. Instead, an...
The Importance of Treating Ourselves Kindly.

The Importance of Treating Ourselves Kindly.

by Verity Wolfe | Dec 2, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks, Healing from Toxic Shame

Throughout my EMDR therapy journey, I’ve come to realize that all of our incarnations and former selves still live on within us, and the way that we treat/think/talk about them still affects them. If it affects them, it also affects us. Today I worked on the...
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