by Shirley Davis | May 22, 2019 | Healthy Relationships, Hypervigilance
Hypervigilance has been a painful part of my life since I was able to form an independent thought. If you have never experienced this phenomenon, then you do not understand how hypervigilance negatively affects the lives of those, like me, who know it intimately. In...
by Shirley Davis | Apr 26, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Healthy Relationships
***Trigger Warning *** The following material has been reported to be highly triggering to some. Please be kind to yourself as you read through the content. The purpose of this article is to help survivors be less of an enigma to themselves, by explaining some of the...
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...
