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Domestic abuse: More than just a bruise.
Domestic abuse can mean a multitude of things to different people. Our own experiences, responses and recoveries being shared can help other people to feel like they are not alone. These shared experiences can develop a network of support, and ways to help identify abuse before you are in too deep.
Survivor’s Guilt, the Coronavirus and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
The world is facing unprecedented times in modern history as the coronavirus is spreading like wildfire and changing our lives forever. The human cost in lives lost is tremendous and none of us...
Let’s Talk About the Fear Response and Fighting the COVID-19 Virus
The COVID-19 virus has become something that people are terrified of getting. In response to this fear, people are hoarding everything from meat to toilet paper. However, being so afraid has an...
“Fog” and “Taking the Plunge” – Survivor Poetry
Fog The skies have turned gray, Rain’s starting to fall. Once upon a time, my life was clear. Now a fog’s settled over it all. Stumbling in the dark, I catch glimpses of my destination. But as I...
Polyvagal Theory and Hope In Healing from Childhood Trauma
Those who live with the after-effects of severe childhood trauma understand well how it feels to be continually on the lookout for danger. Some experience this as hypervigilance feeling unsafe no...
What Emotional Numbness Feels Like.
Struggling to connect with feelings? The reactions to trauma can be long lasting and affect our emotional wellbeing. The idea of reconnecting with yourself can be a long journey, done at our own individual pace.
Toxic Stress, ACEs, and Polyvagal Theory
Stress is a normal part of life that no one can fully escape. However, when stress becomes toxic, it can affect our lives in drastic fashions that may change our life’s outcome. Adverse childhood...
Why You Can’t be in a Rush to Heal from Trauma.
Often clients will ask how long healing from trauma will take, and they will try to dive right into their story in the first session. But healing takes time and intentional healing within safe and secure spaces.
Shame, Blame, and Polyvagal Theory
How many times have we heard of people who were raped or otherwise violated being accused in their attacker's trial of not fighting or running away? The survivor, instead of receiving sympathy...
Poly What? Understanding Polyvagal Theory
There are many theories about childhood trauma and how it affects the bodies and minds of children and how these experiences shape adults. One of the most interesting of all of them is what is...
Overlooked, Revived, and Climbing.
A series of 3 poems, shared by guest writer Kaylene, on her realizations through various stages of healing. OVERLOOKED As I look up at the clouds, I give a sigh and start to wonder. Where I’m...
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”.
