by LeeAnn Werner | Feb 19, 2024 | Addiction, CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
I awake from the nightmare of my father stalking me in my dreams once again. He wants to invade me physically and mentally to satisfy whatever sick loop of thinking that churns in his mind. If I hadn’t blocked these experiences almost entirely with a dissociative...
by Celeste Mendelsohn | Feb 15, 2024 | CPTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor
Have you ever had the experience of going somewhere or meeting someone that you just instinctively knew was bad news? What did that feel like? I’m not talking about what you thought about it, I mean what did it really feel like? We’re created with a variety of...
by Jesse Donahue | Feb 14, 2024 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
I have always had a problem sticking with things, or finishing things and all too often attempting things I may have a brief inspirational interest in. The lack of stick-to-itiveness may be seen by myself and others as lazy, or I was not interested after all. This has...
by Erena DiGonis | Feb 13, 2024 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Healthy Relationships, Mindfulness
As the calendar flips to a new year, we hear so many people talking about fresh starts and the pressure to create the perfect resolution. Here’s the scoop: I’ve seen firsthand how New Year’s resolutions often become constraints of expectation,...
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...
