by Heidi Fischer | May 11, 2022 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Triggers
This article was originally published on The Mighty, in April 2021. I’ve experienced this particular trigger twice in recent years, and I really haven’t heard others speak on it. So, as per my usual fashion, I feel the need to share it with ya’ll in hopes folks can...
by Pamela Say | May 9, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Recovery, Self-Acceptance
Imagine for a moment you were adopted at a young age by loving parents. They were honest with you. Your biological parents existed out there in the world somewhere. When you looked up at the stars you wondered if they stood under the same expansive sky. Later in life...
by Heidi Fischer | May 5, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Depression, Guest Contributor, The Brain and CPTSD, Treatment, Treatment for CPTSD
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or rTMS for short, has been around for quite a while. It is a mental health treatment that was developed in 1985. It hasn’t entered into mainstream practice in a lot of places just yet, but it is gaining popularity. Up...
by Maxine Beecroft | May 4, 2022 | 12 Step Programs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
When used in conjunction with other treatments like therapy and/or medication, 12-Step programs can be a useful part of C-PTSD recovery. The 12-Steps are taught at group meetings and run in a program format known as a 12-Step program. The 12-Step working model states...
by Lee Frost | May 3, 2022 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor
Ever have one of those moments when a breakthrough hits you so hard that you’re absolutely stunned that you never saw it before? I was only diagnosed with CPTSD last year, so this has been happening a lot. The connection that shook me hard pointed to a core...
by Heidi Fischer | May 2, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Healing Self-Shame, Hope, Mindfulness, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Self Care, Symptoms of CPTSD, Trauma, Treatment, Triggers
This article was originally published on The Mighty, on March 24th, 2022 I am a champion face-planter. I am also highly skilled at tripping over nothing, walking into door frames, and tipping things over. This illustrious title hasn’t won me any medals, rather the...
