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The Past Isn’t Over Until It’s Honest: Why Survivors Stay Stuck And How Peace Actually Forms (MK)

The Past Isn’t Over Until It’s Honest: Why Survivors Stay Stuck And How Peace Actually Forms (MK)

People don’t stay stuck because they’re weak. They stay stuck because the body, the story, and the conscience were never brought into agreement. This is a field guide to finishing what trauma started without rewriting history or betraying yourself.

Do You Love Me?

Do You Love Me?

Do You Love Me?By Jesse B. Donahue © 2023I could suffer no longer; I had to seek a cure for my inner child’s living the symbiotic, enmeshed feelings of my mother's abandonment issue (always...

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What is Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

“Complex PTSD comes in response to chronic traumatization over the course of months or, more often, years. This can include emotional, physical, and/or sexual abuses, domestic violence, living in a war zone, being held captive, human trafficking, and other organized rings of abuse, and more. While there are exceptional circumstances where adults develop C-PTSD, it is most often seen in those whose trauma occurred in childhood”.