by Ramon Diaz | Feb 3, 2023 | Brain Chemistry, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Advocacy, Mental Health Professional
The Impact Unresolved trauma can impact people’s lives in many ways. It creates challenges for people in how they engage with the world. People often feel trapped because the fear of experiencing a trauma-related trigger can leave them frozen with fear. People can...
by LeeAnn Werner | Jan 31, 2023 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Advocacy
I recently watched “George & Tammy” on SHOWTIME®, (incredibly well done!). It made my heart ache to watch it. The pain of two people struggling through addiction with seemingly no understanding of how to make it stop. George and Tammy were wed in 1969 which...
by Shirley Davis | Jan 23, 2023 | Addiction, CPTSD, Mental Health Advocacy, Suicide Prevention
Suicide has become prevalent in the United States, with men dying nearly twice as often as women. One of the greatest causes of suicide among men is society’s damage to their self-esteem. This article will focus on enhancing the self-esteem of men to prevent...
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...
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...
by Sylvie Rouhani | Nov 30, 2022 | ACEs, Anger, Anxiety, CPTSD, CPTSD and Self-Harm, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Listening, Mental Health Advocacy, Self-Acceptance, Trauma-Informed
Just as suicidal ideation is now openly discussed, so is self-harming. Unfortunately, those who need emotional and physical support, are being shamed and labelled as attention-seeking. Some call it a cry for help. So, why isn’t there more support and care for...
