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Trauma-Informed Care for CPTSD.

Trauma-Informed Care for CPTSD.

by Shirley Davis | Sep 16, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Trauma-Informed, What is CPTSD

Today CPTSD is recognized as needing long-term treatment because of the damages done to a person’s self-identity, deficits in self-regulation and their inability to see there is hope and healing available to them. Fear and hopelessness can be a daily reality for most...
Glossary of Terms for Complex PTSD (CPTSD)

Glossary of Terms for Complex PTSD (CPTSD)

by Shirley Davis | Sep 9, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, What is CPTSD

The following post contains common terms related to diagnosis and treatment for Complex PTSD (CPTSD), as well as general information terms related to various conditions that result from trauma. Many of these terms can also be used in relation to PTSD as well. Most...

Reclaiming Power Back from Triggers

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?...
Brain Inflammation and Its Connection to Severe Mental Illness

Brain Inflammation and Its Connection to Severe Mental Illness

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...

The New Research about Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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...

The History of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and an Introduction to Emotional Flashbacks

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...
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