by Shirley Davis | Sep 9, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, What is CPTSD
Abreaction – The discharge of emotion involved in recalling an event that has been repressed because it was consciously intolerable. https://www.verywellmind.com/understanding-abreaction-1065382 Acting out – Originally an analytic term referring to the...
by Shirley Davis | Aug 26, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD
Anyone who has ever had a flashback or a dissociative episode knows what triggers are and how they can affect lives. This article will examine triggers in-depth to help you understand their definition, what causes them, and how to overcome them. What are Triggers?...
by Shirley Davis | Aug 5, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed
In the last article, we began discussing how brain inflammation is indicated in the formation of severe mental illnesses. Today we are going to explore two major mental illnesses, major depression, and schizophrenia, and how brain inflammation has become implicated in...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 22, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Research, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed
There have been some truly remarkable research papers written about complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) in the past few decades. Some of the research focuses exclusively on CPTSD while others can apply to any mental health disorder. In this article, I’m...
by Shirley Davis | Jun 17, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Depression, Trauma-Informed
Our brains are hardwired to react viscerally to traumatic events. They then store those emotions in our central nervous, so that when we feel and experience similar future events, we will be alerted to new potential dangers. Emotional flashbacks, experienced by those...
by Shirley Davis | Jun 3, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
On July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed into law the American with Disabilities Act (ADA). This law was a huge leap towards helping people of the United States, facing mobility and other disabling conditions, conquer many of the barriers faced in everyday...
