by Maria Anna van Driel | Mar 9, 2022 | Anxiety, CPTSD, First Responders and CPTSD, Guest Contributor
Scenario: You find yourself in a private or business situation where mental and/or physical abuse is the order of the day for a very, very long time. It took you a while but slowly awareness is rising with you that this situation is far from being normal and healthy....
by Mari Stewart | Mar 3, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, What is CPTSD
People often find it difficult to explain, or to understand Complex PTSD. I often find myself falling into metaphor or analogy to explain the experience. The reason for using an abstraction is because in Complex PTSD the particulars from one person to another vary –...
by Cyndi Bennett | Mar 1, 2022 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD
Sometimes, managing the symptoms of CPTSD and developmental trauma seems like a full-time job, but I already have a full-time career. How can I make it through the workday without totally falling apart? How can I continue to perform at work when I keep getting...
by Shane Bouel | Feb 23, 2022 | Anxiety, CPTSD, CPTSD and Adoption, CPTSD and PTSD, Depression, Emotional Wellness, PTSD
Pro-life A foetus has rights! Adoption A child in a contract they never signed! What is being said here is that you as life, have rights, but only under the conditions that are dictated. Adoptees can categorically state that living the life of adoption is extremely...
by Lee Frost | Jan 25, 2022 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor
In 2021, at the age of 51, the acute effects of CPTSD started to tear me asunder. The mayhem wrought by a global pandemic certainly played a factor, but physically, perimenopause had been underway for a few years and an indescribable anxiety was constant. Unable to...
by Ramon Diaz | Jan 20, 2022 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Silent Bystander Parents
Silent Bystander Parents (SBP) do not intend to allow their children to be harmed by coaches. Research tells us that many families are not even aware that abuse is occurring. The emotional abuse happens right in front of them, and they often do not realize the...
