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Trauma Survivors, Your Anger is Not Your Own
Writer’s Note: In this post, I discuss my experiences with psych medications. I am not against psych medications and tried many over the years. But for me, they did not resolve my symptoms and...
Is Prescribing Outdoor Activities the Future of Mental Health?
Therapists acquire knowledge to help the suffering. A cognitive-behavioral theorist focuses on reframing negative thoughts, and a Freudian helps comprehend the unconscious mind. Often, a client's...
Lessons From My 90-Year-Old Grandmother
My Grandmother is one of my best friends and biggest role models. Even when separated by distance, she’s always been by my side. She has shared my joy and shed tears with me and knows my...
Sexual Assault Awareness Month 2024
#SAAM - the Sexual Assault Awareness campaign was last month. I wish I could write such things as: "If you have experienced sexual assault or rape, please go to the Police, talk to someone,...
Do No Harm. Take No Sh*t: How Healthy Anger Helps us Recover
Among the limited options available to manage relational trauma as children and teens, many of us with early relational wounding took the behavioral route of being reserved, respectful,...
How to Reclaim Your Dignity
I'm inspired today by the book shared below, Unbreakable Crown, written by our very own Dr. Carla Norris, who is one of my cherished Comment Moderators for the Healing from Sexual Abuse Facebook...
Top 3 Tools to Activate the Relaxation Response
Introduction Trauma can cast a long shadow on our lives, affecting our emotional well-being and overall health. While it's important to seek professional help for trauma recovery, there are also...
Complex Trauma? ADHD? Or Both?!
The other day, I listened to the Mel Robbins podcast about her delayed diagnosis of ADHD at age 47, which was her accidental discovery in the process of getting her teenage son evaluated for...
Unleashing Your Inner STAR: The Scars to STARs Summit 2024
The TAR Network is thrilled to announce the upcoming Scars to STARs Summit 2024, a groundbreaking online event dedicated to empowering survivors of toxic and abusive relationships. This pivotal...
Safe Place
I have a wonderful therapist. It’s not your usual “talk therapy,” though. We do talk, and I have come to trust him implicitly. He has helped me heal from PTSD and complex relational trauma, and...
Mental Health: Four Ways to Face Anxiety
I grew up in an anxious family, so for me, it was quite normal to worry about things and be overly concerned. As I continued to grow and learn, I realized it felt like too much and was very...
8 Years Later: Rejoining Social Media with a Foundation of Contentment
Just a handful of years ago, people didn’t know the details of what their social circles were up to unless they read it in the newspaper, heard town gossip, or experienced the good old-fashioned...
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”.
