by LWK | Aug 1, 2023 | CPTSD
High-functioning Anxiety and Why It Gets Missed So Often, Especially in the Workplace. High-functioning anxiety can be a royal pain in the posterior. You experience the usual symptoms: Excessive worrying Sense of impending doom Exhaustion Insomnia Social withdrawal...
by Cyndi Bennett | Jul 27, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
This week I spent some time doing a career audit from a trauma perspective. When I share my story of what got me started as a Trauma Recovery Career Coach, I usually start at the point where I had a zip file of repressed memories open up, which led me to go from being...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Jul 26, 2023 | ACEs, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
In the pretence of only wanting to protect children, fingers are being pointed at Transwomen, Drag Queens, any LGBT members, at Foreigners/ Immigrants. While fingers and anger are misdirected, while politicians use children’s traumatic experiences for their...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 24, 2023 | CPTSD, Mindfulness
This series of articles in July has concentrated on mindfulness and meditation and how they can enhance your life. For instance, we’ve learned that you can practice mindfulness anywhere at any time, and meditation can calm you and make you more aware. This final...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jul 21, 2023 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Self Care
My name is Elizabeth, and I am a survivor of sexual child abuse and trauma. As a result, I know how much pain from torment and suffering can permeate every cell and follicle of a survivor’s body, without the survivor feeling anything because feeling is not...
by Cyndi Bennett | Jul 20, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
As a trauma survivor, have you ever asked yourself why it seems so difficult to advance in your career when your peers are moving up without a problem? Have you ever felt like your boss doesn’t like or appreciate you? Have you ever felt like you don’t belong in the...
