by Rebekah Brown | Aug 25, 2022 | Anger, Anxiety, Boundaries, Complex PTSD Healing, Emotional Wellness, Family Estrangement, Trauma-Informed
In preparing the blog this week, I thought about the outrage survivors often feel. We are told to “move on,” “forgive,” “hurt people hurt people,” “why can’t you just get over it?” and a host of other minimizing comments. The outrage is there for a reason, and...
by Cyndi Bennett | Aug 19, 2022 | Guest Contributor, Occupational Mental Health & CPTSD, Trauma, Trauma-Informed
I was talking to someone recently about my desire to help trauma survivors overcome the lasting effects of trauma on their careers, and the comment I got was, “Wow, I can tell you are really passionate about that.” I have heard this so much throughout my career that...
by Rebekah Brown | Aug 18, 2022 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Self-Harm
Add wings to your trauma recovery by using The Three C’s. Choice- coming to believe you have the power to choose. I stayed in a relationship with my abusers for over fifty years. You don’t think they maintained that kind of power by telling me the truth, do you? They...
by Jamie Donmoyer | Aug 16, 2022 | Attachment Trauma, Boundaries, Brain Chemistry, Building Resilience in Healing, Codependency, Combat Trauma, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, CPTSD and Parenting, Emotional Wellness, Family Estrangement, Gaslighting, Grief, Healing Codependency, Healthy Relationships, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Parental Alienation, Relationships, Silent Bystander Parents
Practice breaking contact with toxic parents in this “Choose Your Own Adventure”-style story. Based on events experienced by the child of a narcissistic parent. Photo by Kevin Butz on Unsplash CONGRATULATIONS! After a lifetime of narcissistic abuse, you’ve decided to...
by Tracy Guy | Aug 16, 2022 | Anxiety, Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD and Narcissistic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Symptoms of CPTSD, Triggers, What is CPTSD
Although not formally recognised by the DSM, the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11) describes C-PTSD as a disorder that can develop after witnessing an event, or series of events of an extremely threatening nature. These events may have...
