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How to Stop the Cycle of Abuse

by Randi | Sep 18, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships

Have you heard the saying that if you want to find out what your wife will be like in 20 years, look at her mother? Whereas that might result in a chuckle for some people, that thought was terrifying for me. As an adult survivor of child abuse at the hands of my...

My Amygdala: A Love Story (Part I)

by Dan | Jun 18, 2020 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Grief, Healthy Relationships, Men's Mental Health, Mindfulness, Outer Critic, Symptoms of CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD

My Amygdala: A Love Story (Part I) This is not your average love story, but I think it’s a love story nonetheless. It begins with desperation and jealousy, with insecurity and fear; fear of loss of love. It begins with horror at the thought of being shamed,...

The Influence and Neuroscience Behind Hypervigilance and Its Influence Over Forming Healthy Relationships

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...

The Difficult Road to Intimacy: Living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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...

Overcoming the Fear of Intimacy

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...

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