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What CPTSD Actually Feels Like for Men

by Jack Brody | Jul 28, 2026 | Childhood Sexual Abuse, Men's Mental Health, Relationships, Sexual Abuse, Trauma

There’s a weird thing that happens when you’re a male survivor of childhood abuse and you grow up. You live your life without announcing what happened to you as a kid. There’s no guidebook to follow. You just sort of wake up one day as an adult who’s technically...

When Healing Hits Hard: CPTSD Truths

by Jack Brody | Dec 15, 2025 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Inner Child Work, Guest Contributor, Men's Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Mindfulness

The Whiplash of Healing (And Why It Still Catches Me Off Guard) If you’ve read my blog for more than five minutes, you already know I’ve been on this healing ride for a long while. Long enough to have collected a whole scrapbook of “Oh wow, I finally get it” moments…...

What Am I Feeling?

by Jesse Donahue | Jul 30, 2025 | Guest Contributor, Journaling, Men's Mental Health, Pyschotherapy

What Am I Feeling? Copyright 2024 By Jesse Donahue What am I feeling? It has been four to five years since the concept of a trauma disorder made an appearance and a diagnosis in my life; I am sixty-eight years old. A diagnosis of CPTSD, a trauma disorder, was made by...

Why Do Men Stay Too Long in Toxic Abusive Relationships?

by STAR Network | Jun 20, 2024 | CPTSD and PTSD, Family Estrangement, Men's Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness, Parental Alienation, TAR Network

Many men stay in toxic, abusive relationships (TAR) due to a variety of complex reasons and deep-seated fears. One primary reason is men’s tendency to view themselves as “fixers.” Men often cling to the hope that they can repair the relationship,...

Male Suicide and How You Can Help

by Shirley Davis | Jan 16, 2023 | CPTSD and PTSD, Hope, Men's Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy

**Trigger Warning** This article will be tough to read and may trigger some people. Caution is advised. Suicide is tricky to write about because it brings up so many negative connotations. Writing about male suicide is even trickier because I am not a man; in some...

The Stigma Surrounding Men Seeking Help

by Shirley Davis | Jan 9, 2023 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and PTSD, Men's Mental Health, Mental Health Advocacy

Society is funny. On the one hand, they act like mental illness is contagious and shun those who live with it, and on the other hand, they say that they are angry that taxpayers must foot part of the bill to help people get well. In either circumstance, stigma, aka...

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