by Shirley Davis | Jun 5, 2023 | CPTSD, self trust, Self-Acceptance
Who are you? Do you know? Or does your past color your perception of who you are? Becoming more self-aware can aid you in learning to trust and love yourself. Sounds difficult? It is somewhat tricky, but it is necessary for living a healthy life. Those of us living...
by Caroline Rena | Jun 2, 2023 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Highly Sensitive
What Have I Learned? I have been on my healing journey for over 30 years. Trauma and Complex PTSD have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I have known for a long time that I am a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), with 26 out of the 27 traits listed on...
by Sunny Lynn, OMC | Jun 1, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
The Superpowers of Complex Trauma (as published in The Friday Edition of HeartBalm Healing at https://heartbalm.substack.com) Living with trauma has many facets and differing ways in which it forms and plays out in our lives. It can be a tightrope walk between trying...
by Shirley Davis | May 29, 2023 | CPTSD, Rejection, Trauma-Informed
It hurts to be rejected. Whether it is a friend, a coworker, or someone you just met, we hate to be rejected. When the people rejecting us are one or both parents, we, as humans, react badly, forming mental health issues within our undeveloped brains. Rejection in...
by Sylvie Rouhani | May 26, 2023 | Attachment Trauma, Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and Parenting, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Advocacy, Trauma-Informed
The impact of the environment a person grew up in and the environment they are living in now, as adults, is often discarded. The environment has a major impact on how a child’s brain will develop and on the behaviour they will display as grown-ups. This omission...
by Shirley Davis | May 22, 2023 | CPTSD, self trust
In this series on self-trust, we have examined many different aspects of what it means. We have also covered how complex post-traumatic stress disorder affects self-trust and vice versa. This article will focus on how self-trust and how you talk to yourself changes...
