by Bette Jaeger | Aug 4, 2021 | CPTSD, Nurses, PTSD, Self Care, Treatment
Many don’t realize how vital nurses often are in PTSD recovery. When it comes to this topic, there’s a sort of standard image that comes to mind. It typically involves a mental health professional performing cognitive therapy or exposure therapy on a patient (usually...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 22, 2021 | ACEs, CPTSD
The answer will leave you speechless. Adults who experienced adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), aka traumatic experiences as children, still pay for what happened to them years, even decades later. But what are adverse childhood experiences? And how do they affect...
by Wendy Hoke | Jun 28, 2021 | CPTSD, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor
“I tried my insurance, Kaiser Permanente, for therapy. They assigned me to an intern because I wasn’t suicidal. He diagnosed me with PTSD on the first appointment. But on the second appointment, I told him something that happened to me the previous week. He was...
by Rita Louise | Jun 1, 2021 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Healthy Relationships
If you find that you have fallen in love with an abuse or trauma survivor, understand right up front that healing is possible. Sometimes by understanding what your partner has been through can help you to better support them as they work through their tangled...
by Kinjal Kanani | May 27, 2021 | CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Wellness
My husband found me sobbing in a corner with a medication strip in my hand. It was a normal day until… There was some minor setback at the workplace, and my anxiety started controlling me. I created thousands of negative consequences and cried inconsolably. My...
by Jeff Spiteri | May 20, 2021 | CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
Part 1 – The Bridge Within The past 11 years of my life have been dedicated to resolving a mountain of childhood experiences that have had a stranglehold on the way I’ve experienced and shown up in the world. As a kid in my late teens I left home after...
