by Paul Michael Marinello | Sep 20, 2024 | CPTSD and PTSD, Parental Alienation
The CPTSD Foundations PASS (Parental Alienation Support Systems) inaugural Zoom meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, at 6 p.m. EST and every Tuesday following. Register here: https://cptsdfoundation.org/parental-alienation/ The PASS Program Mission...
by Bonni Benton | Sep 19, 2024 | CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Gaslighting, Healing from Toxic Shame, Mental Health Advocacy
Continued from: https://cptsdfoundation.org/2024/09/11/the-weaponization-of-ambiguity-a-call-to-rename-npd-to-support-victims-of-sociopathic-violence-in-a-world-of-rising-narcissism-part-1/ The natural world is rife with much richer analogies than our “higher”...
by Lena Pousette | Sep 17, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Domestic Violence, Guest Contributor
*** TRIGGER WARNING: This blog discusses domestic abuse and could be triggering for readers. *** This is a true story. The Story of the Phoenix is a great legend that speaks to self-care, rest and recovery. It also speaks to transformation. But before you can get...
by Jennifer Lock Oman | Sep 16, 2024 | CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Professional
“Why do I feel as though I’m writing a sad story, when my aim was to tell the story of a liberation?” – Edouard Louis On the road of healing from Complex PTSD (CPTSD), our stories are often filled with sadness. In other moments they may be filled with stories...
by Bonni Benton | Sep 11, 2024 | CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Gaslighting, Healing from Toxic Shame, Mental Health Advocacy, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Part 1 of 4 In 1980, the DSM-III first added narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) to its diagnostic manual. It incorporated the trait of passive aggression, which applies primarily to covert/vulnerable NPD. We don’t diagnose passive aggression anymore because most...
