by Rebekah Brown | Jul 21, 2022 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Attachment Trauma, Boundaries, Codependency, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Wellness, Self-Acceptance, Sexual Abuse, Spirituality, Trauma
Survivors have been damaged by relationships and relationships are the pathway toward healing. What a terrible statement. The thing that did us so much harm is the thing we must have in order to get well. This is the dilemma for a survivor of trauma. In addition,...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Jul 15, 2022 | CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor, Recovery, Trauma-Informed
Recovery groups, as well as any religious and spiritual groups, like to overuse the words “Victim” and “Survivor” and, it seems, that victims are childish, negative, and difficult adults and, survivors, are heroes, positive and inspirational....
by Sunny Lynn, OMC | Jul 6, 2022 | Anger, Anxiety, Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor, Mindfulness, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Self Care
Scapegoated! (as published in The Friday Edition of HeartBalm Healing at https://heartbalm.substack.com) For the adult who blames themselves – who see things go wrong around them and perceives the familiar feelings of self-blame, guilt, shame, and “it’s my fault”...
by G Garcia | Jul 5, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Family Estrangement, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Sexual Abuse
Trigger Warning: This blog contains sexual abuse I remember the legal process more than the trauma itself. I’ve come to appreciate that memory loss, a defense mechanism that I’ve had a love-hate relationship with for the past decade. I was young, sitting in a...
by Roger Reynolds | May 26, 2022 | CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Domestic Violence, Guest Contributor
(content warning: spanking, physical violence, blood) Which word? Violence or abuse is semantics, a distinction without a difference. Which word to use is not the most important consideration. If you have lived with No Contact Physical Violence/Abuse, what is most...
by Sylvie Rouhani | May 17, 2022 | ACEs, Attachment Trauma, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor, Trauma-Informed
*** Trigger Warning*** please take care of yourself while reading this post: graphic details of Child Sexual Abuse ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ When we were children, adults often told us to...
