by Kinjal Kanani | May 27, 2021 | CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Wellness
My husband found me sobbing in a corner with a medication strip in my hand. It was a normal day until… There was some minor setback at the workplace, and my anxiety started controlling me. I created thousands of negative consequences and cried inconsolably. My...
by Roseanne Reilly | May 19, 2021 | CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Emotional Wellness, Feeling Good Enough
My term ‘Soulful Empathy’ arises from ‘feeling and listening at a soul level’ It is like one traumatized nervous system, soma (body) starts speaking to another and you feel seen and heard and safe in a sincere and soulful way, without words. One soma resonates...
by Shirley Davis | May 17, 2021 | ACEs, CPTSD, Emotional Wellness
One might think of negative childhood experiences as intimately linked with complex trauma and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), and you would be correct. CPTSD is caused by a series or numerous traumas, usually in childhood, and can form in adulthood....
by Gemma Jones | May 11, 2021 | Building Resilience in Healing, Emotional Wellness, Feeling Good Enough, Healing Self-Shame, Self-Acceptance
Strange is my life, when I glaze off into the distance looking at my willow trees in my childhood garden, in my mind, I know why I do it now so many years later. This wonderful brain gave me a way to see something beautiful when something fracturing was done to my...
by Rebekah Brown | Apr 15, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Attachment Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships
The Friend of Love My best friend is moving away. She’d been dropping hints for months, but I decided to retreat behind a wall of denial and hope for the best. The best was not to be. Ellen is moving, and there isn’t anything I can do about it. We had our share of...
by Rebekah Brown | Apr 9, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Emotional Wellness, The Brain and CPTSD, Treatment for CPTSD
The desert of the Southwestern United States has a strange, stark beauty all its own. Gorgeous sunsets, rock formations and deep canyons accented with spiky cactus resemble another world. If you grew up back east like I did, your previous experience with plant life...
