by Maria Anna van Driel | Sep 15, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
“You are a bad person if you respond poorly to me” When we search for a clinical explanation about the topic of narcissism we find very strong identifiers that we can zero in on. Identifiers like pathological self-absorption, an inflated ego, and a sense...
by Rebekah Brown | Sep 13, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Mindfulness
As we struggle with the psychological and neurological effects of trauma in our lives, there are many things about CPTSD that we cannot control. So the things we can control have even more importance. There are many habits that make CPTSD symptoms worse. The following...
by Shirley Davis | Sep 12, 2022 | Emotional Wellness
People living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder are notorious for their emotional dysregulation. Emotional intelligence is critically important for controlling one’s emotions and surfing the problems one may encounter in the world. There are many...
by Penny Payton | Sep 6, 2022 | Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
As I mentioned in the previous post, I had lived over a half-century, clueless in my own understanding of how emotions worked. In fact, I was absolutely unaware that I was clueless. My life looked like the freaking American Dream. I’d had amazing experiences that...
by Shirley Davis | Sep 5, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness
For the past few years, a relatively new phrase has entered the vernacular of psychiatry, emotional intelligence. What is emotional intelligence? How can you achieve it? What are the benefits of learning to become more emotionally intelligent? How is emotional...
by Maria Anna van Driel | Sep 2, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
I want to start the second part of this trilogy by offering you a compliment and that I am convinced because you are here and reading this article because you are wanting to learn. In other words, you are the kind of person that wants to receive input in a way that...
