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Lost in the Woods: An Inside Look at the Fractured Experience of Trauma
She is drowning in her own wounds. Losing consciousness and life as she succumbs to the travesty of believing that as her own family tried to destroy her for so many years that it would have been better if they had. Left to her own devices, her own fractured mind and thoughts, her own darkening world of lost and alone, and not having enough strength to find herself again – she wanes. She lets go and sees the futility in fighting. The enormous cost to mind, body, heart, and soul with each fall back into the abyss to find the way back is beyond herself – beyond comprehension, logic, and reason.
Going No Contact with Your Family of Origin: Part 2
Living with the effects of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is challenging. Survivors who have CPTSD should not have to deal with harmful family members. Going no contact is a choice...
Unresolved Trauma Can Ruin Relationships
The Impact Unresolved trauma can impact people’s lives in many ways. It creates challenges for people in how they engage with the world. People often feel trapped because the fear of experiencing a...
When Religion Becomes Traumatic
People can be held captive without bars, windows or guns through psychological tactics or economic forces. This type of coercion can show up in obvious ways such as governmental or police states, but also in more subtle ways inside families and religious institutions.
How My Friend Taught Me How to be Kind to Myself
One person can impact your life. He was the one — through kindness.
Creating a New Family After Childhood Abuse
***TRIGGER WARNING*** This article specifically discusses childhood sexual trauma. Survivors of childhood abuse and trauma are often conflicted about family life. It is after all difficult to...
George & Tammy, We’ve Come A Long Way
I recently watched “George & Tammy” on SHOWTIME®, (incredibly well done!). It made my heart ache to watch it. The pain of two people struggling through addiction with seemingly no understanding...
Family Estrangement: Going No Contact
People with complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) or living in other distress usually come from dysfunctional homes. These survivors have endured many traumas perpetrated by their family...
Dual Awareness – The Body Has a Story to Tell
I often work with patients who have a difficult time thinking about what they feel as well as having the felt experience of emotions. I often encounter patients who are more than willing to share...
Planet Alien: Shattered Hearts. Silenced Voices.
This blog originally appeared at https://powerfullypowerless.wordpress.com/2020/11/04/planet-alien-shattered-hearts-silenced-voices/ You still don’t see me, not really.You know I exist.Yet, I am...
What is Meditation? (And How it Can Help Trauma Survivors With Life Management)
The last thing I wanted was to listen to all the horrific noise inside my head.
Shake, Rattle, and Roll: Because You Are a Girl
At 14 and 16 years old, the boys had hit their growth spurt and had man bodies.
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”.
