by Mindy Levine | Sep 7, 2022 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Yoga
Many of us have a superpower survivor skill. We’re able to read the room, scope out the nearest exit, understand what the shuffling footstep means, and instantly react to that slight facial expression change others never notice. We become exteroceptive1 geniuses, a...
by Shirley Davis | Sep 5, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness
For the past few years, a relatively new phrase has entered the vernacular of psychiatry, emotional intelligence. What is emotional intelligence? How can you achieve it? What are the benefits of learning to become more emotionally intelligent? How is emotional...
by Maria Anna van Driel | Sep 2, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
I want to start the second part of this trilogy by offering you a compliment and that I am convinced because you are here and reading this article because you are wanting to learn. In other words, you are the kind of person that wants to receive input in a way that...
by Jamie Donmoyer | Aug 24, 2022 | Attachment Trauma, Boundaries, Building Resilience in Healing, Codependency, Combat Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD and Parenting, Family Estrangement, Gaslighting, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Aliention
The positives and pitfalls of cutting communication with a toxic parent. Written by the scapegoat child of a narcissistic parent. So, you’ve decided to go “no contact” with a toxic parent. Congratulations! Maybe you’re exhausted from the angry messages, controlling...
by Shirley Davis | Aug 22, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD
Having an invisible disability like complex post-traumatic stress disorder is challenging. There are few outward signs to show that the person has a disorder, so often, family, friends, and employers don’t understand or recognize CPTSD as a disability. This...
by Heidi Fischer | Aug 17, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
This article was originally published on The Mighty. I have two modes of operation. Either I run at 125% or total collapse. Both ways of existing have their place, and I’m rather skilled at each. Yet in truth, this is not very healthy, and so I’m trying to figure out...