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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
High-functioning Anxiety and Why it’s Missed So Often
High-functioning anxiety can be a royal pain in the posterior. You experience the usual symptoms: Excessive worrying Sense of impending doom Exhaustion Insomnia Social withdrawal Loss of appetite...
The Spectrum of Trauma
The CPTSD foundation's website succinctly defines CPTSD as a term that "describes the results of ongoing, inescapable, relational trauma." In this post I'll delve into trauma, using a wider lens...
How Your Self-Trust and Your Inner Critic Affect Your Life
In this series on self-trust, we have examined many different aspects of what it means. We have also covered how complex post-traumatic stress disorder affects self-trust and vice versa. This...
Alaska
“Many traumatized individuals are too hypervigilant to enjoy the ordinary
pleasures that life has to offer, while others are too numb to absorb new
experiences—or to be alert to signs of real danger. When the smoke
detectors of the brain malfunction, people no longer run when they
should be trying to escape or fight back when they should be defending
themselves.” ―Bessel Van Der Kolk
What In The World Is A Trauma Recovery Career Coach?
It’s like God is saying…not yet. I have been working on a different blog for half a week, and it will not let me write it. Have you ever experienced that? What is a writer to do when that...
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”.
