by Paul Michael Marinello | Apr 29, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Mental Health Awareness, Self Care
From the National Alliance of Mental Health: May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Since its inception in 1949, Mental Health Awareness Month has been a cornerstone of addressing the challenges faced by millions of Americans living with mental health conditions....
by Erena DiGonis | Apr 25, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
This blog is dedicated to KL thank you for your courage and inspiration. For trauma survivors, the battle with the inner critic can be particularly challenging Those harsh, self-condemning voices from the past can linger in our minds. Whose voice is it anyway? The...
by Jesse Donahue | Apr 22, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Stepping into the Shoes of Who You Are is a nice metaphor for coming to wear the shoes of who you are—perhaps for coming back to wearing… once again. Here I am, standing in the depression of a gut-ugly emotion-tinged experience and habitually wearing a cleverly...
by Jennifer Lock Oman | Apr 17, 2024 | CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
In adapting to the circumstances of growing up with relational trauma, most of us had to give up our innate sense of personal power or sovereignty Generally, this meant having to forfeit our agency, vibrancy, energy, or creativity. Most of all, it meant no one was...
by Erena DiGonis | Apr 11, 2024 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
In the therapy room, there’s a four-letter word that creates unease in my nervous system every time I hear it: “lazy.” Working with trauma survivors, I witness the fallout of abusive and neglectful households, and the last thing I want to hear is my...
by Paul Michael Marinello | Apr 8, 2024 | CPTSD and PTSD, Depression, Emotional Wellness, Loneliness, Mental Health Professional
“I’m lonely. And I’m lonely in some horribly deep way and for a flash of an instant, I can see just how lonely, and how deep this feeling runs. And it scares the shit out of me to be this lonely because it seems catastrophic.”― Augusten Burroughs,...
