by Jesse Donahue | Nov 14, 2023 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor
Trigger Warning: Please be kind to yourself as you read.In the Beganning… There was darkness and I was blind, oblivious to the truth, and indeed conditioned to be how I was. Until that day when I came to see, no, to feel, to know, there was a new way forward and not...
by Shirley Davis | Nov 13, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Self Care
***Trigger Warning*** This article includes an honest discussion about self-harming behavior, a topic that is highly triggering to some. Caution is advised. Self-harm is something people do when they are so overwhelmed by emotions that they do not know what to do....
by Cyndi Bennett | Nov 9, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
If you have Complex PTSD and are looking at the picture above with horror and anxiety, you are in the right place. Being in the type of environment shown above strikes fear in the hearts of most trauma survivors. I know I couldn’t work in that type of workspace. The...
by LWK | Nov 8, 2023 | CPTSD
Burnout is at an all-time high. Employers continue to make cutbacks and what was once a workload shared among 4 or 5 people, is now the job of 1. Employees are expected to work early and are rewarded when they are the last to leave. It is now a norm to work through...
by Roseanne Reilly | Nov 7, 2023 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor
Do you ever feel like your body, mind, and emotions are like an out-of-tune orchestra in need of organizing? Perhaps you need a composer who can collect all the valuable information from feelings, thoughts, and sensations so that clear cohesive pieces of inviting,...
by Cyndi Bennett | Nov 2, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
Trauma survivors come from all walks of life. Some struggle to maintain consistent employment, while others excel at work, like overachievers. Why do some people struggle while others excel? That is what we are going to explore today. What is an overachiever? The...
