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When Choice Feels Like a Luxury
“Choice paralysis” is a popular term in psychology, meaning the sense of overwhelm some people experience when faced with long restaurant menus or too many clothes on a rack. It can sound...
What Am I Feeling?
What Am I Feeling? Copyright 2024 By Jesse Donahue What am I feeling? It has been four to five years since the concept of a trauma disorder made an appearance and a diagnosis in my life; I am...
Unmasking the Wounds: My Journey Through Narcissistic Abuse
For my own emotional safety and privacy, I have chosen to use alternate names for those involved. “Debby” and “Valerie” are not their real names, but they represent very real pain. For most of my...
The Art of Mindfulness: Is it as Good as People Say?
What is Mindfulness, and why should I care? Mindfulness is a way to focus on your inner and outer self. To become aware of yourself in the moment by accepting your feelings, thoughts, and bodily...
The Shivers
***TRIGGER WARNING: This blog discusses child abuse, including sexual abuse.*** By Morrene Hauser THE SHIVERS: When the nervous system is in such a state of overwhelm due to ongoing stress and...
My Hidden Self
My Hidden SelfBy Jesse Donahue © 2020 I hide so deeply, beyond my ability to see and to understand I forced myself to write this. I felt it to be an insight that should be noted before it returns...
How to Treat General Intense Anger, a Complex PTSD Symptom, in Autistic Adult Clients
What if your autistic client has immense rage? They are angry that, despite having earned a professional degree, they have been unable to secure a job commensurate with their background and...
Emotional Regulation Strategies for Challenging Workplace Interactions: A Guide for Trauma Survivors
The Unique Challenges of Trauma Survivors in the Workplace For trauma survivors, the workplace can be an emotional minefield. Our past experiences often leave us with heightened sensitivity to...
Feeling Stuck? Try This Creative Healing Practice
When healing from trauma, it can be easy to get stuck in our heads, trying to think our way through pain, solve it like a puzzle, or make it all make sense.But healing isn’t just a thinking...
Going With the Flow: Up Life’s River Without a Paddle
Living with CPTSD is a trip…and not the “ooh yay, this is fun” kind of trip. In my opinion, one of the most ominous and annoying things about CPTSD is the constant struggle to stay rooted in the...
Therapy, Suggestion, and the False Memory Trap
When therapy leans too far into suggestion, it stops helping and starts shaping. Here’s how trauma narratives can go sideways—and what to do about it.
You’ve Been Asking, Here’s My Answer on Navigating Work with a Trauma-Affected Nervous System
As a fellow trauma survivor, I’ve received countless questions about managing triggers in the workplace. It’s a challenge many of us face daily, often in silence. We usually see the tip of the...
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”.
