by Cyndi Bennett | Jan 11, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Trauma, Trauma-Informed, Workplace Trauma
Several people contacted me last week in response to my last email (“My Boss Triggers Me”). I love it when readers email me to share their stories with me because it lets me know that what I’m writing is hitting home for them. In the emails I received from readers,...
by Jennifer Kindera | Jan 10, 2024 | Attachment Trauma, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Healing from Toxic Shame, Shame, Trauma
How does toxic shame start? How does it become internalized and pervasive? My clients find me because they are looking for help with their childhood trauma, and many don’t realize the depth of the toxic, pervasive shame that goes hand in hand with that. While I’ve...
by Roseanne Reilly | Jan 9, 2024 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Guilt
Introduction: Living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) can feel like navigating a stormy sea, with waves of past traumas crashing against the shores of the present. Among the many emotional tempests, guilt and misplaced guilt stand out as a...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 8, 2024 | Codependency, CPTSD
Often, people who live with complex post-traumatic stress disorder experience emotional pain caused by traumatic events. By now, most of you have heard of the four trauma responses: fight, flight, freeze, and fawn. These four essential reactions are caused when you...
by Cyndi Bennett | Jan 4, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
Trauma survivors may face various challenges in the workplace due to the lasting effects of their traumatic experiences. One of the more disturbing and common challenges is flashbacks. Flashbacks 101 A flashback is a sudden and intense re-experiencing of a traumatic...
by Ramon Diaz | Jan 3, 2024 | CPTSD
I grew up like many of us believing that emotions are not essential to human functioning. My understanding as a young man was that emotions only would make me “weak” if I associated myself with them. Although not one person directly informed of my view of emotions,...
