by Rebekah Brown | Mar 15, 2024 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Insomnia
What Childhood Trauma Teaches Us In my childhood, the possibility of being attacked was everywhere. I never knew what my parents were going to do. Even when I was away at school, I remained terrified I would make some small mistake that would get reported to them....
by Rebekah Brown | Mar 7, 2024 | ACEs, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Insomnia
“Insomnia for trauma survivors is not a sleep problem, it is an anxiety problem.” My story For decades, I stayed up nearly all night until exhaustion forced me to pass out the next day. My brain interpreted the setting of the sun as a cue to churn. Sometimes I could...