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Creating a Safe Haven: Building Workplace Support Systems for Trauma Survivors Creating a Safe Haven

Creating a Safe Haven: Building Workplace Support Systems for Trauma Survivors Creating a Safe Haven

by Cyndi Bennett | Jul 18, 2024 | CPTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD

Building a support system in the workplace is crucial for trauma survivors as it can provide the understanding, validation, and connection needed for healing and recovery. The challenge that many trauma survivors face is connected to the relational nature of their...
Triumph Together: Building Your Anxiety-Busting Tribe

Triumph Together: Building Your Anxiety-Busting Tribe

by Cyndi Bennett | Jul 11, 2024 | CPTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD

I have been focusing on anxiety and panic attacks this month because they are so prevalent and disruptive in the workplace. For trauma survivors, fear and anxiety over the unpredictable nature of trauma triggers is a daily occurrence. Often, what happens is that we...
Cracking the Code: Unraveling Triggers for Mastering Emotional Regulation

Cracking the Code: Unraveling Triggers for Mastering Emotional Regulation

by Cyndi Bennett | Jun 27, 2024 | CPTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD

This month, I will explore the topic of emotional dysregulation, as it is one of the defining symptoms of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and wreaks havoc for the trauma survivor trying to navigate the workplace. Emotional dysregulation refers to...
Reclaiming Serenity: Navigating Self-Care After a Flashback

Reclaiming Serenity: Navigating Self-Care After a Flashback

by Cyndi Bennett | Jun 20, 2024 | CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD

Over the past couple of weeks, I have been talking about having flashbacks in the workplace, how to get grounded, and how to clean up the mess afterward. If you haven’t noticed, that is a lot of work and can be extremely exhausting. Additionally, there is deeper work...

How Trauma Impacts Our Ability to Learn

by Cyndi Bennett | Feb 8, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD

I was having a conversation with a dear friend of mine…you know who you are…about how she experienced trauma as a child by finding her mother unresponsive on the floor as a four-year-old. Even though the first responders were able to bring her mother back, the brush...

The Antidote for Self-Criticism

by Cyndi Bennett | Feb 1, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Healing from Toxic Shame, Healing Self-Shame, Mindfulness, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD

Lately, I have received emails from readers who were critical of how they handled a particular situation at work that I wrote about. I’ve heard, “Well, I messed that up,” “I’m so stupid,” or “I suck at that.” My friend, Jennifer Kindera, would immediately call that...
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