by Natalie Rose | Sep 10, 2024 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Emotional Flashbacks, Guest Contributor, Relationships, Symptoms of CPTSD
What type of abuser can break their victim enough to land her in an ambulance without even touching her? The psychological abuser. They walk like us, they talk like us, and they may even have pristine reputations in their communities. However, nothing can prepare a...
by Susan Tait | Sep 9, 2024 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Life Management Skills, Yoga
If “the moving finger writes, and having written, moves on,” as poet Omar Khayyam wrote, then I wonder if the moving body also writes in its own way. I think it must, for I see that trauma-informed yoga does exactly this. When we are not curious about the sensations...
by Lena Pousette | Sep 5, 2024 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
“At three, I started violin. At five, I started piano. At six, my life fell apart; my family was uprooted, and my mother, brother, and I were left homeless and penniless.” I didn’t write those words; my son did. It’s from his “getting into college essay.” Fifteen...
by Gabrielle Lynch | Sep 4, 2024 | Addiction, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Family Disease, Guest Contributor
A prevalent trope posits that a woman can be okay when her father faces off against her abuser. Stay away from his daughter or meet his wrath. Roots in sexism appear clear when wondering why a man becomes the focus as the hero in a story about female pain. I could...
by Roseanne Reilly | Sep 3, 2024 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
Empathy: The Double-Edged Sword Being an empath means feeling deeply, not just for others but also for ourselves. The challenge arises when these deep feelings become too much, causing our nervous system to hit the brakes. It’s like having a heart that feels...
by Robyn Brickel | Sep 2, 2024 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional, Mindfulness, Self Regulation
When feeling emotionally triggered or activated, we all have developed ways to ‘feel better’. For some, that is getting back into ourselves—being back in our bodies or getting to a calmer state. This is called emotional regulation, where we attempt to bring ourselves...
by Cyndi Bennett | Aug 29, 2024 | CPTSD, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Workplace Trauma
It is that time of year when we review our goals from the previous year and set goals for the next twelve months. There are all kinds of goal setting, including fitness, emotional wellness, and performance goals. In this article, I will explore the concept of career...
by Tonia Cordi | Aug 28, 2024 | CPTSD, Guest Contributor
Letting go comes in many forms, and letting go of denial can be an important one. It means letting go of what’s stopping you from facing fear, anxiety, isolation, and disconnection and growing and fully embracing your power. Fear and anxiety play a role in the short...
by Jesse Donahue | Aug 27, 2024 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Guest Contributor
The Highway of WorriesBy Jesse B. Donahue © 2019Neuronal pathways that run deep, deepening, and widening are so easily triggered. I sit, and my head, my being aches with a horrible sense of worry that builds to such an ongoing peak, a crescendo of pathology in a long...
by Robyn Brickel | Aug 26, 2024 | CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
As trauma survivors begin to heal or experience post-traumatic growth, they often gain new insight into many parts of their lives, including relationships. Once beginning to view life through a trauma-informed lens, so many differences may appear. What you notice...
