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The False Narrative – Relationship Series
Abuse flourishes in the fertile soil of past abuse
Take it Back
We spent years in silence, constantly abused and ignored. We were forced to do unspeakable acts of “craziness” our brains couldn’t understand even in our wildest imaginations. Believe me, we...
Core Beliefs and Happiness in Life
Are you happy? Do you wake up ready to face the day, or do you wish you could fall back to sleep and hide? Complex post-traumatic stress disorder can often lead you down a path to unhappiness,...
Heritage: Impacted By Disability
Heritage may be best described as valued objects, such as unspoiled countryside, and old buildings, as well as qualities such as cultural traditions that have been passed down from previous...
CPTSD in the Workplace: Creating a Safe Work Environment
Photo by freddie marriage on Unsplash Usually, when we talk about environmental safety, the conversation is about guidance, policies, and practices that are enforced to ensure that the...
Compassion for Me, Compassion for My Daughter
As a mother, there is nothing more heartbreaking than seeing my daughter suffer. Last week, after spending a couple of days in my bed, not talking, not really moving either, she was curled up in...
7 Tips to Help Trauma Survivors in a Healthy Way
One of our most popular articles of all time is on Loving a Trauma Survivor. This article continues that idea — how to help a trauma survivor, in a healthy, positive way. Loving a trauma survivor...
Overcoming Complex PTSD and Negative Core Beliefs
Core beliefs are vital to who we are as humans, guiding how we treat ourselves and those around us. When a person has suffered complex trauma, these critical internal viewpoints often become...
Belonging – A Survivor’s Story
Belonging - the feeling of being comfortable and happy in a particular situation or with a particular group of people, and being treated as a full member of the group. Source: Oxford Advanced...
CPTSD in the Workplace: Psychological Safety
Photo by Campaign Creators on Unsplash In 2015, Google released the results of a two-year study on team performance. They found that one of the common attributes of all high-performing teams is...
When Having a Trauma-Informed Doctor Is a Matter of Life and Death
***Trigger warning*** This guest post discusses specific, explicit, aspects of a personal trauma story. Please be kind to yourself as you read. A letter to the doctor who almost killed me: There...
Abraxas Rose from the Dead
We were newlyweds living in Missoula, Montana. I loved the funky town. But the best part of being there was that it was 1,300 miles away from Waterloo, Iowa, where Tom’s parents lived, and 862...
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”.
