by Jess | Jan 15, 2021 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Depression, Family Estrangement, Grief, Guest Contributor, Healing from Toxic Shame
Let’s talk about this untimely death situation. Well. This is a big topic that I’m not sure how to tackle, per se. Death is a new one to me. I’ve been relatively lucky that way. The death of the person who passed down most of our family trauma… that’s an even...
by Jess | Nov 20, 2020 | CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Emotional Wellness, Healing from Toxic Shame, Healthy Relationships
Who has bad taste in romantic partners? I do! No matter how many times I think I’m choosing wisely… uh… I’m not. Plain and simple, I don’t know how to choose a good human for my significant other. Am I a chronic dater? Just taking whatever comes my way? Nope,...
by Lisa Taylor | Mar 5, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Depression, Emotional Flashbacks, Grief, Guest Contributor, Healing from Toxic Shame, Mindfulness
It has taken me 43 years to be able to have the strength to write the words I did get out below, it ends abruptly because I could not go any further at that moment, however, I like each of you, am still healing from trauma. I will continue to dig deep and work on a...
by Verity Wolfe | Dec 2, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks, Healing from Toxic Shame
Throughout my EMDR therapy journey, I’ve come to realize that all of our incarnations and former selves still live on within us, and the way that we treat/think/talk about them still affects them. If it affects them, it also affects us. Today I worked on the...
by Lisa Romano | Nov 13, 2019 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Healing Codependency, Healing from Toxic Shame
There is no healing without recognition of that which needs to be healed. Someone who has clogged arteries cannot heal those clogged arteries if they are unaware they have clogged arteries. To heal mentally, emotionally, spiritually, physically, or cognitively first...
by Shirley Davis | Apr 19, 2019 | Healing from Toxic Shame, Healthy Relationships
In the last few articles, we have explored together how childhood trauma negatively impacts the ability to form lasting and loving relationships with a partner. We’ve studied the impact that having trust issues, flashbacks, loneliness, body image problems and...