by Rebecca Donaldson | Dec 11, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Dissociation and CPTSD
I startle easily, I’m hypersensitive, and I often feel as if I am floating above my body. I fluctuate between being here one moment and looking down on myself the next. Crying comes on randomly. Sometimes it happens because of a class lecture. Sometimes it’s nothing...
by Jess | Dec 2, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Emotional Wellness, Symptoms of CPTSD
Trigger Warning: be kind to yourself as you read. In addition, This guest post does contain language that some may not feel comfortable reading. What is there to say about emotions? In the life of a Traumatized Motherfucker… a whole lot. They’re either here, making...
by Kathy C | Oct 23, 2020 | CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor
The Beginning I know now that D.I.D. systems arise to keep certain experiences and feelings separate from normal consciousness. The alters or aspects of my mind that hold my trauma are unique to my childhood abuse experiences. Each of us with a dissociative disorder...
by Dan | Jun 18, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Grief, Healthy Relationships, Men's Mental Health, Mindfulness, Outer Critic, Symptoms of CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD
My Amygdala: A Love Story (Part I) This is not your average love story, but I think it’s a love story nonetheless. It begins with desperation and jealousy, with insecurity and fear; fear of loss of love. It begins with horror at the thought of being shamed,...
by Robyn Brickel | Apr 23, 2020 | CPTSD, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor
When you witness or experience something terrible, you may try not to think about it. To help you, your brain may call on one of its most creative and ingenious coping strategies to keep you going: dissociation. In the simplest terms, dissociation is a mental block...
by Claire Exley | Mar 19, 2020 | CPTSD, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Trauma-Informed Tuesday Newsletter, Treatment for CPTSD
At a boiling point? Trying to connect with a feeling, for me, can be like trying to boil a kettle with no water. You can click the button, but all you get is a few vapors. You can go through the motions, but with no hot water at the end of it. Ironically, being unable...
