by Tracy Guy | Sep 22, 2022 | Abuse, Anger, Anxiety, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Depression, Dissociation and CPTSD, Emotional Flashbacks, Family Estrangement, Grief, OCD, Parental Alienation, Post Traumatic Growth, Recovery, Relationships, Self Care, Self-Acceptance, Sexual Abuse, Shame, Silent Bystander Parents, Symptoms of CPTSD, Trauma, Trauma-Informed, Trauma-Informed Tuesday Newsletter, Treatment, Treatment for CPTSD, What is CPTSD
What is Betrayal Trauma? How do you begin to heal when you discover that your partner has been unfaithful? How do you learn to trust again when a family member has betrayed you? How do you move forward when your boss abused their position of power and sexually...
by Susan Morris | Feb 17, 2022 | Abuse, Codependency, CPTSD and PTSD, Domestic Violence, Emotional Flashbacks, Healing Codependency, Healthy Relationships, Relationships, Triggers
No matter how happy and content my life becomes, I will never forget the fear and loneliness of being kicked in the head, punched in the gut or dragged across a room by my hair. I Am a Survivor of Domestic Violence Domestic Violence, also called intimate partner...
by Susan Morris | Nov 3, 2021 | ACEs, Building Resilience in Healing
If We Can Face Our Traumas: We Lessen the Risk for Mental Health Issues, Chronic Illness, and More We all enter the world a blank slate, free of thoughts and ideas. Who we eventually become is determined by the upbringing and experiences that fill that slate. We don’t...
by Mari Stewart | Sep 14, 2021 | ACEs, Anxiety, Building Resilience in Healing, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Self-Harm, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Feeling Good Enough
There is an event in the writing world called #PitMad. It is a Twitter event with a specialized hashtag, #PitMad in this case, where writers can pitch their novels to agents. It’s a bit like Carnivale crossed with Bedlam. These events have really taken off in the past...
by Danielle Renee Murphy | Mar 10, 2021 | ACEs, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD Survivor Stories
For this, my premiere blog post through CPTSD Foundation, I thought I might take a moment to introduce myself as a clinician, expressive therapist, and writer in that order. The reality is I eat, sleep, and breathe my job as a Family-Based Therapist at Scranton...