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When Grief Has No Grave: Rebuilding After a Childhood You Never Got

by Danica Alison | Apr 30, 2025 | Building Resilience in Healing, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, Emotional Wellness, Grief, Guest Contributor, Post Traumatic Growth, PTSD, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Trauma

No one brings you a casserole when you’re grieving the childhood you didn’t have. There’s no funeral for the loss of safety or a sense of belonging. No sympathy cards arrive when the dreams you clung to slowly unravel. And no one tells you what to do when you...

Enduring Darkness To Find The Light

by Jack Brody | Feb 18, 2025 | Abandonment and CPTSD, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Grief, Guest Contributor

I was once told that we had to explore the darkness in our healing before we found the light; I never quite understood what that meant or how hard it would be until I really dug deep into my own healing. What people don’t understand is how exhausting healing...

Inside Alienation: Introducing CPTSD’s PASS Program (Parental Alienation Support Systems)

by Paul Michael Marinello | Aug 5, 2024 | Family Disease, Gaslighting, Grief, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation

The CPTSD Foundations PASS (Parental Alienation Support Systems) inaugural Zoom meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 6 p.m. EST and every Tuesday following. Register here: https://cptsdfoundation.org/parental-alienation/ The PASS Program Mission...

Shattered: A Bestie Story of Love & Friendship

by Jennifer Kindera | Jul 12, 2024 | CPTSD, Grief, Guest Contributor, Shame

The strong, sickly sweet smell of lilies never fails to riot my belly. When I breathe them in, I am transported back to your service, and scores of memories tear a path from my heart to my brain. Even now, I miss you with a fierceness that makes me want to jump into...

The Shattered Encasement of Suicide Grief

by Jennifer Kindera | Jun 24, 2024 | Codependency, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Grief, Shame

TRIGGER WARNING: This blog discusses suicide My Mom’s suicide was the culmination of years of enduring painful emotional abuse and narcissism. There was no blood, just a strong gas smell from the lawnmower. A tarp is placed strategically on the concrete floor. Maybe...

How Do CPTSD & Grief Fit Together?

by Susan Pollard | Mar 12, 2024 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Grief, Guest Contributor, Triggers

A Bit of Background on Grief: Many people think of grief as a reaction to the loss of a person, relationship, pet, or job. Grieving is a whole-body experience; both the body and the mind are involved. People may cry or feel sad, or they may become incredibly angry and...

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