by Gemma Jones | Jun 23, 2021 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Attachment Trauma, Building Resilience in Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
Windy days that escape my reality to a world of internal intrigue and outside disassociation that will be forever in my psyche. Do I want to leave this world behind I do not really know as it has been my world for such an exceptionally long and the little girl in me...
by Eric Zuniga | Jun 16, 2021 | CPTSD and Self-Harm, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Post Traumatic Growth
In bringing closure to self-harming expression, the process may inadvertently place inordinate emphasis on the symptoms. It happens when valuing the disorder overrides the underlying cause and the restorative healing properties that are within everyone. Can a person...
by Mari Stewart | Jun 11, 2021 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor
There is no word to describe the feeling. I tried time after time to define this knot of emotions. It is a task that is beyond my ability. I cannot find a singular word that describes the feeling. I keep looking but, for the moment I carry this undefined weight with...
by Alexis Mosby | Jun 9, 2021 | CPTSD and OCD, Guest Contributor
Your mother liked her figurines smallest to largest. Your friend chews food exactly 25 times before swallowing. Come to think of it, you do like your books stacked a certain way… We’ve all heard a phrase similar to “She’s OCD about her clothes” or “I’m real OCD about...
by Belinda Pyle | Jun 4, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, Guest Contributor
Today, I bought flowers for myself. They are five perfect little floppy tulips with careless streaks of red, yellow, and orange on a white background. Every time I look at them, I smile because I bought myself flowers! I didn’t buy them because I thought that they...
by Belinda Pyle | Jun 2, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, Guest Contributor
As anyone in recovery, books are a go-to source of help and healing. When I learned about CPTSD and my poster child status, I headed for Dr. Google to find some clarity and to do some home study. I was not encouraged by the results of my “CPTSD book” search; “Did you...
