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CPTSD in the Workplace: Trigger Toolkit

by Cyndi Bennett | Aug 31, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD

Getting Prepared to Manage Your Triggers One of the most common and challenging tasks a survivor has to deal with daily is managing trauma triggers, especially in the workplace. I have said this often and will continue saying it…triggers abound in the workplace. How...

Living with C-PTSD: Navigating a World That Misunderstands Trauma

by Wendy Hoke | Aug 30, 2023 | ACEs, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks, PTSD, Symptoms of CPTSD, Trauma, Trauma-Informed

I often find myself caught between two feelings. The first is the instinct to correct and clarify when someone misuses a term associated with my experience. The second is the desire to be understanding and non-judgmental. After all, everyone’s trauma is valid, no...

CPTSD in the Workplace: Anticipatory Anxiety

by Cyndi Bennett | Aug 24, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD

How to overcome the “What ifs” I have been talking a lot about managing our triggers in the workplace because it is a big struggle for most trauma survivors. Hypervigilance and anxiety can be exhausting. It should not be surprising that some of us have been unable to...

Have You Ever Felt Like You Were a Mistake?

by Rachel Grant | Aug 22, 2023 | ACEs, CPTSD, Guest Contributor

In a meditation about regret I did recently, I was asked to allow a moment to arise in which I felt regret – to not direct it but just be open to what needed to show itself. My thoughts traveled to, “I regret being born.” I almost popped out of the...

Looking for Validation? Try Psychotherapy

by Shirley Davis | Aug 21, 2023 | CPTSD, Pyschotherapy

Everybody needs validation. We all need someone else to recognize and accept our internal experiences as valid, no matter how different they are. This happens when the other person you speak with listens without judgment to your story. Psychotherapy is where most...

What Does a Resilient Career Look Like?

by Cyndi Bennett | Aug 17, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma

The term resiliency is a buzzword in the business world today. Companies want their businesses, applications, and workforce to be resilient, but what does it mean, and why is it essential for one’s career? Resilience Defined Resilience is “the capacity to withstand or...

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