by Shravani Bojja | Jun 3, 2022 | Anxiety, CPTSD, CPTSD and Parenting, Guest Contributor
The word ‘Trauma’ was an alien concept to me until 3 years back. I definitely had this word in my vocabulary since I am a voracious reader, but I associated this with accident victims like my dad. The concept that what I went through in my childhood and teenage years...
by Jamie Donmoyer | May 31, 2022 | Guest Contributor, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Self Care, Uncategorized
This article was previously posted on Medium.com 9/6/2021* Sunday, August 15th 2021. It has been two days since my first EMDR session. Two days since the flashback that caused immediate fear instead of anger (progress!). Two days of aftershocks and focusing on the...
by Roger Reynolds | May 26, 2022 | CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Domestic Violence, Guest Contributor
(content warning: spanking, physical violence, blood) Which word? Violence or abuse is semantics, a distinction without a difference. Which word to use is not the most important consideration. If you have lived with No Contact Physical Violence/Abuse, what is most...
by Jamie Donmoyer | May 25, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Hypervigilance, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
TRIGGER WARNING: This article discusses sexually illicit behavior. ___________________________________________________________ Excerpt from “GETTING HELP DAY 22 (8–5–21) ‘Because Horton Was Right’” posted on Medium.com 8/5/2021 Prologue: In July 2021...
by Cathy Hillman | May 24, 2022 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
TRIGGER WARNING At age ten, I knew that I could not play any party games involving my face being covered. That ruled out some party favourites straight away. Pin the tail on the donkey. Murder in the dar. Blind man’s bluff. And so, to avoid the embarrassment of not...
by Sylvie Rouhani | May 20, 2022 | Abandonment and CPTSD, ACEs, Addiction, Attachment Trauma, Codependency, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Healing Codependency, Relationships, Self-Acceptance
When a new relationship starts (actually, it doesn’t even need to start), we are overwhelmed with emotional flashbacks from younger “Inner Parts” desperate to be loved, protected, and supported. and other parts of us will do anything to appease these...
