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The Introductory Article to Our Series on Trauma-Informed Care
Many of you, like we who support in various ways the CPTSD Foundation, have survived one or more traumatic events. By traumatic events I offer the following definition I found on the Healthline...
Taking Stock of Christmas 2018 and Facing the New Year
December was very trying for those of us living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder. We may have endured visiting relatives who lived up to our expectations of being highly triggering,...
Why Do Survivors Suffer Such Painful Emotions at Christmas Time?
As Christmas approaches, most people who live with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) find themselves engulfed with dread. December rolls around every year, and they find themselves...
Surviving the Holidays Despite Living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
The stresses we impose upon ourselves and our families at Christmas, unfortunately, have become a tradition. This month, we are going to offer you a series of articles on surviving the holidays....
There is Hope: Understanding the Nature of the Treatment for Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
In this set of articles posted in November, we have been exploring several topics related to Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). We have...
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Adverse Childhood Experiences, and their associated Mental Health Disorders.
This month we have been discussing complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD/ c-PTSD/ Complex PTSD) and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). So far, we have explored the definitions of both,...
Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Changes to the Human Brain
In our last article, we examined the definition of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and briefly touched on what ACEs do to the brain. In today’s article, we are going to explore, in depth,...
Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD) and Adverse Childhood Experiences
Most of us have heard of post-traumatic stress disorder. Once called shell-shock, the disorder develops after being exposed to a highly traumatic situation such as war or a car wreck. However,...
A Recap Article to the Attachment Styles Series
In the series on attachment styles, we have covered much ground. We’ve learned about the four basic attachment styles, secure, avoidant, anxious and disorganized and how they affect adult lives....
Having a Disorganized Attachment Style Negatively Impacts Lives
Our readers may remember, we are doing a series on attachment styles. While no one fits neatly into one category or the other, we all have one that is dominant over the others. Attachment styles...
Anxious/Ambivalent Attachment Style: An Examination of Its Causes and How It Affects Adult Relationships
As our readers may remember, we are doing a series on attachment styles. However, if you are reading our blog for the first time, I will do a little bit of review of what attachment styles are,...
The Turmoil of Avoidant Attachment Style
Your life has been a string of relationships where you crave closeness but veer away from it almost as quickly as you find it. You discover you can’t settle into a relationship with a partner...
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”.
