by Beth Alford | May 5, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Recovery, Religion and Trauma
Ultimately, it is a personal identity that takes a beating in the aftermath of trauma and where the agency, dignity, and imagination of a flourishing life are short-circuited. As survivors, we know this all too well. I just completed a year-long integrative project...
by Rebekah Brown | May 3, 2023 | Attachment Trauma, Boundaries, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Family Estrangement, Gaslighting, Guest Contributor, Relationships, Trauma
This is the sixth and last installment in a series of blogs on relationship patterns found in dysfunctional families. We have seen how abusive families put members in roles and the way abusers dodge responsibility by blaming others and forcing children to become...
by Wendy Hoke | Apr 28, 2023 | Artificial Intelligence, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor
I’m a professional writer, a ghostwriter. The current buzz creating controversy in writer circles is ChatGPT, artificial intelligence. It’s an amazing tool, but it does have weaknesses. Occasionally, I write for myself. I do this with increasing frequency as I get...
by Cyndi Bennett | Apr 27, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Pyschotherapy, Recovery, Trauma, Treatment, Treatment for CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
My therapist and I recently ventured into the therapy modality called brainspotting. We have been using EMDR with some success to help me process the trauma from my childhood. As we began to work on the trauma-related dissociation I was experiencing, my therapist...
by Mari Stewart | Apr 26, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Online Gaming
Content warning: I’m going to say some things that people might find, not nice. You have been warned, and your comments will be monitored. Today’s topic is rather hard for me to define upfront so let me start off with an apology as I try to sidle my way...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Apr 21, 2023 | Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Trauma-Informed
TRIGGER WARNING: This blog discusses childhood trauma. As the cold winter darkness seems to never end, we all feel the need to slow down and to cosy up inside until spring. Unfortunately, we live in a society that doesn’t allow us to rest and preserve our...
