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The Long-Term Harmful Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse.

by Shirley Davis | Apr 19, 2021 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD

This April we have been focused on childhood sexual abuse (CSA), a crime that can cause long-term harm even as the child grows into adulthood. 1in 4 women and 1 in 6 men alive in the United States today were molested sexually before the age of 18. This means there are...

Orange Trees in the Desert, Fight or Flight and Emotional Regulation

by Rebekah Brown | Apr 9, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Emotional Wellness, The Brain and CPTSD, Treatment for CPTSD

The desert of the Southwestern United States has a strange, stark beauty all its own. Gorgeous sunsets, rock formations and deep canyons accented with spiky cactus resemble another world. If you grew up back east like I did, your previous experience with plant life...

Build Reliable Resources to Help Navigate Life with Childhood Trauma and Cptsd,

by Roseanne Reilly | Mar 31, 2021 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor

What do you do before you go on a journey?…You prepare. Preparing to journey through life with childhood trauma and Cptsd requires reliable resources. Throughout my practice and training, I have learned that it is vitally important to provide and help clients access...

Attachment Trauma: The Unique Impact of Trauma in Infancy

by Andrew Corbett | Mar 29, 2021 | Attachment Trauma, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Symptoms of CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD

It’s around 8 or 9 on a Saturday night and I’m on a 3-hour drive home. I’m returning from the field research I do every weekend in California’s Central Valley as part of my graduate studies. I’m feeling horrible, but not because of any particular event or problem. The...

Be Brave Little One

by Danielle Renee Murphy | Mar 26, 2021 | CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, Dissociation and CPTSD, Symptoms of CPTSD, Trauma-Informed

Thank you for coming back for the next step in our journey. We are going to dare to go there. Together, we will explore the movie clip-like lifetime of memories in your mind and find the parts that helped build your wall. In case you missed it, you can read my...

The Thumb-Sucker

by Rebekah Brown | Mar 24, 2021 | Attachment Trauma, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks, Outer Critic, Polyvagal Theory and CPTSD, Symptoms of CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD

The Thumb-Sucker Fight or flight: the instinctive physiological response to a threatening situation, which readies one either to resist forcibly or to run away. **Please be kind to yourself as you read** I thought I was safe. At four years old, I believed if I...

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