by Rebekah Brown | May 27, 2022 | CPTSD, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Emotional Wellness, Feeling Good Enough
An autumn wind blew dry leaves across the old Victorian tombstones. A hundred-year-old oak shaded the resting places of people long dead, from another time, another place, another century. The funerary art was interesting, but it was the inscriptions that...
by Jamie Donmoyer | May 25, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Hypervigilance, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
TRIGGER WARNING: This article discusses sexually illicit behavior. ___________________________________________________________ Excerpt from “GETTING HELP DAY 22 (8–5–21) ‘Because Horton Was Right’” posted on Medium.com 8/5/2021 Prologue: In July 2021...
by Shirley Davis | May 23, 2022 | Emotional Flashbacks, Triggers
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a complicated and life-altering mental health challenge formed when a person is under extreme distress with no escape. Many symptoms accompany CPTSD, with perhaps the most painful being the horrific flashbacks one...
by Sylvie Rouhani | May 20, 2022 | Abandonment and CPTSD, ACEs, Addiction, Attachment Trauma, Codependency, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Healing Codependency, Relationships, Self-Acceptance
When a new relationship starts (actually, it doesn’t even need to start), we are overwhelmed with emotional flashbacks from younger “Inner Parts” desperate to be loved, protected, and supported. and other parts of us will do anything to appease these...
by Heidi Fischer | Apr 22, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Hypervigilance, Triggers
Trigger Warning ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Time stops. My mind is now its’ own universe, everything else is foggy and distant. I feel too many emotions at once. They jumble...
by Susan Morris | Feb 17, 2022 | Abuse, Codependency, CPTSD and PTSD, Domestic Violence, Emotional Flashbacks, Healing Codependency, Healthy Relationships, Relationships, Triggers
No matter how happy and content my life becomes, I will never forget the fear and loneliness of being kicked in the head, punched in the gut or dragged across a room by my hair. I Am a Survivor of Domestic Violence Domestic Violence, also called intimate partner...