by Dan | Jun 18, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Grief, Healthy Relationships, Men's Mental Health, Mindfulness, Outer Critic, Symptoms of CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD
My Amygdala: A Love Story (Part I) This is not your average love story, but I think it’s a love story nonetheless. It begins with desperation and jealousy, with insecurity and fear; fear of loss of love. It begins with horror at the thought of being shamed,...
by Robyn Brickel | Mar 12, 2020 | Depression, Grief, Trauma-Informed
When a new client asks “how long is therapy going to take?” I know that they are eager to feel better, heal, and move forward. They want to pour out all the details of their story within that first session because they expect this to speed up the process of healing....
by Lisa Taylor | Mar 5, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Depression, Emotional Flashbacks, Grief, Guest Contributor, Healing from Toxic Shame, Mindfulness, Uncategorized
It has taken me 43 years to be able to have the strength to write the words I did get out below, it ends abruptly because I could not go any further at that moment, however, I like each of you, am still healing from trauma. I will continue to dig deep and work on a...
by Shirley Davis | Dec 31, 2018 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, Grief, Holiday Stress, Surviving the Holidays, Uncategorized
December was very trying for those of us living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder. We may have endured visiting relatives who lived up to our expectations of being highly triggering, which may have left us feeling exhausted. We may have been quick to put...
by Matt Pappas | Jul 24, 2018 | Grief
Note from the author: There are two sets of people to which this article is targeted; mental health professionals, and adult survivors of childhood trauma. There is an area of childhood trauma that few will write about, the emotions that young children feel when...
