by Heather Jurvelin | Jul 23, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, CPTSD, Post Traumatic Growth
As one day slid into the next, I transitioned from the final seconds of childhood into adulthood. Covering my head with a pillow to dampen the screams at the other end of the trailer, I only felt exhaustion as I crossed the threshold between ages 17 and 18. I wondered...
by Heather Jurvelin | Jul 23, 2026 | Anxiety, Post Traumatic Growth
I’m becoming the kind of person I used to warn myself about. Optimistic and joyful adults who flutter about the room with childlike glee used to scare the crap out of me. With slight annoyance and a lot of internal head-scratching, I wondered what they were so...
by Danette True | Feb 3, 2026 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Research, Guest Contributor, Self-Acceptance, What is CPTSD
EXISTENCE WITHOUT TASK / ORIENTATION BEFORE ACTION How Authentic Coordinates Allow Natural Integration to Proceed(Walking Through the Door, and Back Again: An Enchanted Evergreen Winter’s Welcome–A Threshold Tale) This is not a journey; it is a placement. It is...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jan 29, 2026 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Healing from Toxic Shame
Hey, how are you feeling today? Have you taken some time for yourself today? If you are a trauma survivor, the answer is probably not. As survivors, the last person we think about is ourselves because we have spent years being suppressed into believing that we don’t...
by Grace Mattoli | Jan 19, 2026 | ACEs, Cognitive Behavior Therapy, CPTSD and PTSD, EMDR, Emotional Wellness
My Story in Brief The sudden death of my mother when I was fifteen was the primary event that fractured my sense of safety, but it was not the only one. I grew up in a chaotic household dominated by my father’s severe alcoholism. Over time, I also experienced the...
