by Shirley Davis | May 4, 2019 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Mindfulness, Trauma-Informed
We have spent time exploring the basics of becoming trauma-informed and examined how mindfulness, neuroplasticity, and resiliency help form the tripod on which we begin to understand and defeat the consequences of surviving trauma. In this article, we are going to...
by Shirley Davis | Apr 26, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Healthy Relationships
***Trigger Warning *** The following material has been reported to be highly triggering to some. Please be kind to yourself as you read through the content. The purpose of this article is to help survivors be less of an enigma to themselves, by explaining some of the...
by Shirley Davis | Apr 11, 2019 | CPTSD, Healing from Toxic Shame
What happens in the brain to make shame benign or toxic? What parts of our brains are injured by chronically being shamed by our caregivers, and how does that change who we are? These are a few of the questions I will attempt to answer in this piece. Some of the terms...
by Shirley Davis | Apr 10, 2019 | CPTSD
Shame; the feeling that you have done something wrong that goes against your core values. Shame is a normal and natural human emotion that is not harmful. In this series, the CPTSD Foundation is offering a new group of articles where we explore together the different...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 27, 2019 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Mindfulness, Trauma-Informed
The entire series in January will be focusing on how trauma-informed care can help adults overcome the effects of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). However, to understand the process of healing, we must first explore what happens to the brains of traumatized...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 14, 2018 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research
The words we use to describe ourselves have a huge impact on how we are treated. If we call ourselves by a term that means something negative, we will inevitably be treated in a negative fashion. There are terms used to describe those of us who live with mental health...
