by G Garcia | Jul 5, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Family Estrangement, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Sexual Abuse
Trigger Warning: This blog contains sexual abuse I remember the legal process more than the trauma itself. I’ve come to appreciate that memory loss, a defense mechanism that I’ve had a love-hate relationship with for the past decade. I was young, sitting in a...
by Rebekah Brown | Jun 30, 2022 | Attachment Trauma, Boundaries, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor, Relationships, Trauma
How A Trauma Bond is Formed Scaly grey snake heads with the dead black eyes of a reptile weaved back and forth. Bright red tongues darted to and fro. They covered the Uhaul. I couldn’t look away. Out on my daily walk with Tiny, the chihuahua, I pulled my wheelchair...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Jun 9, 2022 | CPTSD, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor, LGBTQ, LGBTQ and Complex Trauma Healing, Parental Alienation, Recovery, Relationships, Sexual Abuse
Trigger Warning: This blog deals with childhood sexual abuse. Some of us, within the LGBTQA+ community, face additional barriers when disclosing our stories of child sexual abuse. The myths and misconceptions about sexuality and child abuse are hurting us and...
by Paul Michael Marinello | May 10, 2022 | 12 Step Programs, Family Estrangement, Gaslighting, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation
On May 9th of this year, it will have been a full 365 days since I was erased from my daughter’s life. The process of alienating a child from a loving parent often takes years of quietly applied maneuvering, codependence, coercion, and the profound altering of a...
by Mari Stewart | Nov 18, 2021 | Anxiety, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor, Holiday Stress, Self Care
Thanksgiving is not my favorite holiday. Putting my family together with the expectations of a celebration to rival the covers of the Saturday Evening Post never worked out well. It was more like a production of The Crucible. For many years, and I know I’m not alone...
by Jeff Spiteri | May 26, 2021 | ACEs, Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships, Men's Mental Health
We always have choices, sometimes the choice to make a change or take on a quest or journey can be the scariest decision of all. But it is when we leave behind what is familiar that we make space to see with a perspective where we were. While the journey itself can...
