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Fight, Flight, or Fight Harder
My wife came home from her therapist one day, frustrated and angry. She was looking for answers, and her therapist told her, “Some people are just unlucky.” Unlucky. What an interesting way to...
My Journey Through Dissociation and Repressed Memories
For decades, my mind protected me from the unimaginable. Through severe dissociation, it locked away the full scope of childhood trauma, leaving me completely unaware of my own history. But while my...
Breaking the Silence Around Abuse Within the Church
Trigger Warning: This post discusses sexual abuse and misconduct within the church, including experiences of abuse, trauma, and the misuse of religious authority. Some content may be distressing or...
Meds and Emotional Abuse Don’t Mix
A few years ago, I broke up with my third psychiatrist. You know when a romantic relationship has finally run its course and it’s time to move on? This was kind of like that. I spent over 10...
Quiet Inscape
Of you and others of you… The persistence that runs deep within you is often not able to be seen by those who surround you, and by now there probably aren’t many who do surround you. The quiet...
Hyper Independence: The Trauma Response That Gets Rewarded
Hyper independence is the one trauma adaptation the world rewards, which is why it runs for decades without correction. What it is, the shame underneath it, and why insight alone never shifts it.
5 Lies Shame Wants You to Believe: #5 | If I talk about it, I’ll overwhelm people (Video)
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Mask or Cloaking Device?
What motivates a narcissist? Standard thought: an insatiable need for external validation, a craving for social dominance, and a deep-seated fear of worthlessness and exposure. Beneath a confident...
Moments in Time……. If You Blink, You Miss Them
Our world is beautiful, but most people dismiss their surroundings because they see them every day. Sometimes, it takes a stranger to give you a different perspective. The lens shifts, and then you...
The Silent Victims: What Happens When Children Witness Emotional Abuse
Did you know that children do not have to be the direct target of abuse to experience significant traumatic effects of it? This is absolutely true. As a matter of fact, studies have shown that...
5 Lies Shame Wants You to Believe: #4 | I have to fix myself before I’m worthy of connection
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What My Daughter Taught Me About Healing
I used to think healing would look different. I imagined some major moment where everything suddenly clicked into place. Waking up one morning and realizing I was no longer carrying the weight of...
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”.