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Back to Life. Back to…Reality?

by Jamie Donmoyer | Apr 26, 2022 | ADHD, CPTSD and PTSD, Gaslighting, Guest Contributor, Hypervigilance

This article was previously posted on Medium.com *8/24/2021 Mental health, am I right? Reentering the “real world” after my brain shut down in June has been…interesting. They call it a partial hospitalization. I was home evenings and weekends, but my weekdays were...

This is Me, I Am Triggered

by Heidi Fischer | Apr 22, 2022 | CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Hypervigilance, Triggers

Trigger Warning ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Time stops. My mind is now its’ own universe, everything else is foggy and distant. I feel too many emotions at once. They jumble...

Valuable Moments in Time

by Roseanne Reilly | Jan 4, 2022 | Anxiety, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Poetry, Hope, Hypervigilance, Polyvagal Theory and CPTSD, Self Care, The Brain and CPTSD

We can know we are safe and still not feel safe? We come into the world wired for connection and safety. How do we shift from the appearance of safety to the experience of this at a neurological and physiological level? While we may think our brains are in charge, our...

The Threat of Peace

by Rebekah Brown | May 7, 2021 | CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Guest Contributor, Healing Self-Shame, Hypervigilance, Self-Acceptance

Hypervigilance: The state of being highly alert to potential danger or threat I sat on the floor practicing my trauma techniques as I rubbed my hands across the thick bedroom carpet. Grounding myself in the present, I took a deep breath. My eyes rested on a favorite...

Shared Mechanisms of Rumination, Depression, and CPTSD

by Jess | Feb 19, 2021 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, CPTSD Research, Depression, Dissociation and CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Hypervigilance, Symptoms of CPTSD, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed

Today I wanted to take a step back and talk about something that I researched relatively recently for a different project. Something that has only become more relevant in my life as this post has sat around, untouched. The connections between rumination, depression,...

Over-stimulation and Complex Trauma.

by Jess | Nov 4, 2020 | CPTSD, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Guest Contributor, Hypervigilance

I have to admit, I’ve been having a rough time in one regard lately. Which is hard to believe considering all the ways this Complex Trauma journey complicates my mental and external worlds. I’m not feeling emotionally-off balance or down and out… but I am feeling...

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