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Grooming Under the Guise of “Sport Development”
Many more children get “lost in the machine. Identifying children early who may show potential to become elite athletes one day is a growing social phenomenon. This growing psychology and...
The Power of a Good Cry – Allowing the Grief to Surface
My name is Elizabeth, and I am a survivor of child abuse and trauma. I write articles for the foundation on my experience of living with Complex PTSD. There is a need for our world to understand...
Intergenerational Trauma | Letting Go of The Clutter Cycle
There is a lot of talk lately about trauma and the effects it has on us. I’d like to take it a step further in this month’s blog and show you how intergenerational trauma goes beyond behaviours and...
Are You Comfortable in Your Body?
For many survivors of childhood s*xual abuse, the journey toward healing can be fraught with discomfort. The body often becomes a site of trauma, a vessel that holds memories and sensations tied to...
I’m Not Crazy
We were perfect for each other. Or so I thought. His love for children, our incredible chemistry, he seemed to know how I was thinking, what I liked, he made me feel like I had “come home.” I had no...
The Emptiness of Yesterday
The Emptiness of Yesterday By Jesse Donahue © 2024 The experience has shown me that the authentic self that sparked noticeably bright and lived so comfortably will dissolve from memory The emptiness...
Empowering Change: Career Transitions for Those Overcoming Trauma
In the journey of life, we often encounter unexpected challenges that force us to reevaluate our paths. For those who have faced trauma, whether it be from personal struggles or external events,...
The Weaponization of Ambiguity: A Call to Rename NPD to Support Victims of Sociopathic Violence in a World of Rising Narcissism (Part 4)
Continued from: https://cptsdfoundation.org/2024/09/25/the-weaponization-of-ambiguity-a-call-to-rename-npd-to-support-victims-of-sociopathic-violence-in-a-world-of-rising-narcissism-part-3/ I want...
All Tangled Up Inside – Nervous System Dysregulation
This is how I would have described myself in the throes of nervous system dysregulation. It began in childhood, with recurring nightmares of knots inside me growing tighter and tighter, bigger and...
Insights From An Organiser: Why Do We Resist Changes to Our Mental Health?
Unsurprisingly, when I began working as a professional organiser, I butted heads often with clients because they thought I was just going to put items in fancy storage solutions, and then call it a...
The Good and Bad Days of Living with Complex PTSD
My name is Elizabeth, and I am a survivor of CSA and trauma. I have come a long way in my healing journey, but I want to share with you that I still have bad days in the middle of the good ones. It...
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”.