by Heather Jurvelin | Oct 9, 2025 | Attachment Trauma, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Poetry, Guest Contributor
I don’t always feel hopeful or strong. Abandoned insecurities masquerade as anxiety Splintering me into a million shards I seek safety in an impossibility A home to isolated and...
by Elizabeth Woods | Oct 8, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Creativity, Guest Contributor, Self Care
Do you listen to music? Music and the Arts are wonderful pastimes, and many of us enjoy relaxing to songs streaming in our ears. I don’t leave the house without my earbuds. My kids have fun choosing and playing music in the car on the school run. I wear my earbuds...
by Natalie Rose | Oct 7, 2025 | Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Highly Sensitive, Hope, Nature, Post Traumatic Growth, Relationships, Self Regulation
Recently, while I was waiting at a crowded restaurant, I found myself interacting with a toddler and his mother. I smiled, played peek-a-boo, and gave him a playful “Hello!” At first, he hid behind his mother’s legs, peeking out at me every few...
by Jesse Donahue | Oct 2, 2025 | ACEs, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
PERSONAL POWERBy Jesse Donahue 2024 © Characterized by a lack of desire or an inability to focus… Here I go winging it, with no outline to follow. The development of this paper is a reflection of my life, characterized by a lack of desire or an inability to...
by Elizabeth Woods | Oct 1, 2025 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
Hey, how are you doing today? Are you having a good day, or a not-so-good day? Have you stopped to take a break and take care of yourself? We live in a fast-paced world, where results appear more important than the people working on achieving them. The internet is...
by Jennifer DiOrio | Sep 30, 2025 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Insomnia
Concerns about the impacts of stress and trauma on daily life are widespread. Unfortunately, people sometimes try one technique after another, hoping for relief but never attaining it. One approach might have a superficial effect. Another might lead to disappointment...
