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When Religion Becomes Traumatic

When Religion Becomes Traumatic

by Beth Alford | Feb 2, 2023 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Guest Contributor, Religion and Trauma

Religion is largely recognized as being beneficial to the lives of humans. It can help us make sense of the world by answering the big questions of life. Religion can also bring comfort, healing, and a sense of safety from a traumatic world.  So what happens when...
George & Tammy, We’ve Come A Long Way

George & Tammy, We’ve Come A Long Way

by LeeAnn Werner | Jan 31, 2023 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Advocacy

I recently watched “George & Tammy” on SHOWTIME®, (incredibly well done!). It made my heart ache to watch it. The pain of two people struggling through addiction with seemingly no understanding of how to make it stop. George and Tammy were wed in 1969 which...
Enhancing a Man’s Self-Esteem to Prevent Suicide

Enhancing a Man’s Self-Esteem to Prevent Suicide

by Shirley Davis | Jan 23, 2023 | Addiction, CPTSD, Mental Health Advocacy, Suicide Prevention

Suicide has become prevalent in the United States, with men dying nearly twice as often as women. One of the greatest causes of suicide among men is society’s damage to their self-esteem. This article will focus on enhancing the self-esteem of men to prevent...
Trauma and its Effect on the Brain

Trauma and its Effect on the Brain

by Elizabeth Woods | Jan 20, 2023 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Guest Contributor

Have you ever been curious about why and how you react to events and other things that are different from your friends? As a CPTSD survivor, I started questioning why I am the way I am in certain situations. I have noticed all my life that most people around me do not...
When Religion Becomes Traumatic

How Making Videos About Complex Trauma Helps Me

by Laura Belmar | Jan 13, 2023 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Family Estrangement, Generational Trauma, Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder

This blog originally appeared: at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@diwithoutthedisorder If someone had told me just one year ago that I’d be running a YouTube channel with videos of me giving talks and reciting my own poetry in twelve months’ time, I wouldn’t...
The Downward Spiral of Flashbacks & Dissociative Episodes

The Downward Spiral of Flashbacks & Dissociative Episodes

by Sunny Lynn, OMC | Jan 5, 2023 | CPTSD, Depression, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor

The Downward Spiral of Flashbacks & Dissociative Episodes (as published in The Friday Edition of HeartBalm Healing at https://heartbalm.substack.com) Recently, a very painful and triggering event dropped me into a deep hole of flashbacks and dissociation. Over the...
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