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Suicidality or Just Plain Reality?
TRIGGER WARNING: This blog discusses suicidal ideation Jumping right into it is my specialty, so I'll do just that. I think that depression hits people with C-PTSD much differently than...
Just Julie: Complex Trauma Experience Expert and Patient Advocate
Hello everyone! My name is Julie, and I am joining the CPTSD Foundation as a blog contributor. Allow me to introduce myself. I am first and foremost a writer. I write under the pen name Just...
Hallucinogenics: Just a Dream or a Healing Reality?
I was stuck. I was working hard with my trauma therapist, taking all my meds, had a wonderful weekly trauma support group, an amazing support system (thanks cuz), and was voraciously digging my...
Dealing with Nightmares – When the Past Returns
Nightmares can be terrifying and all-encompassing for an individual who has suffered child abuse. Nightmares are one of the symptoms of Complex PTSD. They can happen out of the blue without...
Self-Awareness Breeds Self-Trust
Who are you? Do you know? Or does your past color your perception of who you are? Becoming more self-aware can aid you in learning to trust and love yourself. Sounds difficult? It is somewhat...
Highly Sensitive People and CPTSD
What Have I Learned? I have been on my healing journey for over 30 years. Trauma and Complex PTSD have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. I have known for a long time that I am...
The Superpowers of Complex Trauma
The idea of sourcing superpowers that arise from a state of survival and trauma is surely considered by some to be “raised eye-brow wisdom.” However, this isn’t about being an optimist on this very challenging topic and experience of trauma but to bring a different perspective to the conversation that we each, those that have experienced trauma, can bring to our truth and empowerment table; this space where we embrace all that we are in the here and now, and live fiercly and fully from the present moment as healthy, whole and remarkable.
When Misconceptions Lead to Misinformation
“A half-truth is even more dangerous than a lie. A lie, you can detect at some stage, but half a truth is sure to mislead you”. I am infuriated with the pure ignorance of people, their...
Rewriting a Trauma Memory – A Survivor’s Story
TRIGGER WARNING - THIS POST DISCUSSES SEXUAL ABUSE My name is Elizabeth and I am a survivor of sexual abuse. I suffered the worst abuse during my first years if you can call any sexual abuse...
One of Humanities Greatest Fears: Rejection
It hurts to be rejected. Whether it is a friend, a coworker, or someone you just met, we hate to be rejected. When the people rejecting us are one or both parents, we, as humans, react badly,...
The Impact of Our Environment on Our Mental Health
The impact of the environment a person grew up in and the environment they are living in now, as adults, is often discarded. The environment has a major impact on how a child's brain will develop...
What is Enmeshment?
Enmeshment is forced upon a victim in the same way a person is brain-washed in a prison camp
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”.
