by Dan | Jun 18, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Grief, Healthy Relationships, Men's Mental Health, Mindfulness, Outer Critic, Symptoms of CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD
My Amygdala: A Love Story (Part I) This is not your average love story, but I think it’s a love story nonetheless. It begins with desperation and jealousy, with insecurity and fear; fear of loss of love. It begins with horror at the thought of being shamed,...
by Aurora Winters | Jun 11, 2020 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Trauma-Informed
I have thought a lot about my relationship with gratitude as a survivor of incest and sexual violence. I often struggle to understand what gratitude is, until something catches me by the heart and my whole body is wrapped in the warm rays of gratitude. I won’t try...
by Shirley Davis | Jun 1, 2020 | CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse
It is not unusual for human beings to be a little narcissistic and is a developmental stage that every teenager and young adult passes through. However, what if that narcissism continues into adult life? What problems do narcissists cause for themselves and their...
by Emily Wiebe | May 7, 2020 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor
Note: if you are triggered while reading, take a break to do some gentle self-care before returning to the article, and if you find yourself in crisis, please reach out to your medical or mental health provider, or to an online crisis resource. Flashbacks are intense,...
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 Shirley Davis | Apr 27, 2020 | COVID-19, CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Depression
COVID 19 has done much more than inconvenience people, it has a much darker and dangerous side. A disturbing consequence of the isolation and loneliness sparked by stay-at-home policies, that problem is the rising current of depression. While depression is treatable,...
