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How I’m Learning to Live in the ‘Middle Place’ for My Mental and Physical Health
This article was originally published on The Mighty. I have two modes of operation. Either I run at 125% or total collapse. Both ways of existing have their place, and I’m rather skilled at each....
Off Label Patterns That Reveal Narcissism (Part 1)
Gaslighting, what is it, and how it alters your reality Happiness, sadness, disgust, fear, surprise, and anger are the six basic emotions psychologist Paul Eckman identified during the 1970s....
Going “No Contact” With Toxic Parents| Choose Your Own Adventure
Going NO CONTACT with a toxic parent is challenging. If only you could practice first...now you can! Follow this CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE-style story to make choices and experience pitfalls and pleasures of drawing a healthy boundary for yourself.
Narcissistic Abuse & Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Although not formally recognised by the DSM, the International Classification of Diseases 11th Revision (ICD-11) describes C-PTSD as a disorder that can develop after witnessing an event, or...
Quitting Work Because of Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Upon learning one has the diagnosis of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), many people go through hell. People living with CPTSD are often forced to quit work to focus more on their...
Improve Your Relationships by (Really) Listening
Improve Your Relationships by (Really) Listening (as published in Medium at Three top tips from a Gestalt Psychotherapist So many relationships come unstuck. Not only romantic, but those shared...
Trauma Mess With Your Mind+Body Connection? This Tool Is For You
This article was originally published on The Mighty. There are two questions I often don’t know what to do with. “Where do you feel that in your body?” and “Can you describe that a little more...
Employment or Disability from Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Living with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is caused by repeated, severe trauma such as child abuse, neglect, or torture. This article will focus on what it is like to work when...
CPTSD and Family: Glorious, Painful, Isolation
***Trigger Warning - This article speaks about domestic violence*** The relationships between those with CPTSD and family are usually difficult. Typically the problems fall beyond the usual ‘you...
Dissociation – What is It?
With the topic of trauma becoming more influential in the public arena, the narrative that surrounds this topic can become confusing. A related idea to trauma that may be unclear to many is...
How to Be a Friend
Trauma creates extremes. Either we are enmeshed with another person, constantly driven to people pleasing and conflict avoidance or we become dominators ourselves and cancel out others to feed our own needs.
Enough with the Abuse and the Control of Women and Children
The outrage following the overturn of ROE V WADE was felt and expressed all over the world. I've watched "Stay Sweet - Pray - Obey" on Netflix recently. It is about a small community of a branch...
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”.
