by Roseanne Reilly | Sep 16, 2025 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD and PTSD, Dysregulation, Guest Contributor, Yoga
The Weight of Tension: bare with, this is quiet an extensive blog written to answer a couple of questions by some of my readers I have also added a video link to help you get a feel for this Nervous System Informed Approach to healing. Before You Begin: As you read...
by Marta Luzim, MS | Jan 30, 2025 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Journaling
How many heartbreaks does it take to heal a soul? I don’t know, lifetimes? If I were to die and be reborn again I would want to be your tear To be born in your eye To live on your cheek To die upon your lips – By Melinda Green, age 16 A client once asked: “How...
by Elizabeth Woods | Jan 31, 2024 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor
The word Trauma refers to a deeply distressing or disturbing experience that can have lasting effects on a person’s mental and emotional well-being. It can result from various situations or events, and everyone reacts differently to trauma. Trauma – is an...
by Rebekah Brown | Jul 28, 2022 | Abandonment and CPTSD, Attachment Trauma, Boundaries, Building Resilience in Healing, Codependency, CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Wellness, Family Estrangement, Feeling Good Enough, Healing Codependency, Healing Self-Shame, Healthy Relationships, Mindfulness, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Trauma
Conflict panics me. Okay? There…I said it. I am the first to run for cover at the smell of conflict. Why? Because childhood trauma taught me to confuse the two. To me, having a conflict with someone means trauma. And so…avoiding conflict becomes the goal...
by Kelly Palmer | Mar 22, 2022 | CPTSD and PTSD, Guest Contributor, Pain
On bad days, I don’t know where the anxiety stops and the chronic pain begins. The tightening in my chest could be a warning of a panic attack or of a fibromyalgia flare that will spread across my chest, down my arms, and into my hands, rendering me unable to write —...