by Hannah Leigh | Nov 22, 2019 | Attachment Trauma, Trauma-Informed
Often, those with CPTSD were raised in homes with some kind of abuse, neglect, or other form of trauma. Unfortunately, this makes us primed up to get into similarly abusive situations as adults. Our nervous systems are already wired to respond to the up-down cycle of...
by Shirley Davis | Sep 16, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Trauma-Informed, What is CPTSD
Today CPTSD is recognized as needing long-term treatment because of the damages done to a person’s self-identity, deficits in self-regulation and their inability to see there is hope and healing available to them. Fear and hopelessness can be a daily reality for most...
by Shirley Davis | Aug 12, 2019 | CPTSD Research, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed
Those people who live with the effects of complex post-traumatic stress disorder sometimes believe that the symptoms they have are made up and all in their imaginations. Many feel they are weak and that is why they are “different” or “weird”. Worse, many believe they...
by Shirley Davis | Aug 5, 2019 | CPTSD, CPTSD Research, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed
In the last article, we began discussing how brain inflammation is indicated in the formation of severe mental illnesses. Today we are going to explore two major mental illnesses, major depression, and schizophrenia, and how brain inflammation has become implicated in...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 29, 2019 | CPTSD Research, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed
Formerly I stated this series would be split into two parts. However, due to the enormous amount of information available, I have decided to offer four articles instead. In our previous article, we examined how neuroimaging is giving new insights into changes in the...
by Shirley Davis | Jul 22, 2019 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Research, The Brain and CPTSD, Trauma-Informed
There have been some truly remarkable research papers written about complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) in the past few decades. Some of the research focuses exclusively on CPTSD while others can apply to any mental health disorder. In this article, I’m...
