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Grieving a Narcissist Parent: “I Was Dying and You Were Getting a Massage”
This article was previously posted on Medium.com 9/6/2021* Sunday, August 15th 2021. It has been two days since my first EMDR session. Two days since the flashback that caused immediate fear...
The Importance of Anger and Rage
Everyone gets angry. Anger is a natural emotion that humanity has plenty of experience with it. When expressed in healthy ways, anger is adaptive and necessary to help us understand, set, and...
A Change of Vision
A shift of vision ~ healing for CPTSD Secure attachment is the healthiest form of attachment. Securely attached children feel protected and have someone to rely on. In adulthood, secure...
A Change in Perception – Dissociation
Until I came to the realization that these perceptions were the result of trauma, I could not be resurrected
No Contact Physical Abuse
(content warning: spanking, physical violence, blood) Which word? Violence or abuse is semantics, a distinction without a difference. Which word to use is not the most important consideration. ...
“Because Horton Was Right” Hypervigilance: Spotting a Predator
TRIGGER WARNING: This article discusses sexually illicit behavior. ___________________________________________________________ Excerpt from "GETTING HELP DAY 22 (8–5–21) 'Because Horton Was...
Face Covering
TRIGGER WARNING At age ten, I knew that I could not play any party games involving my face being covered. That ruled out some party favourites straight away. Pin the tail on the donkey. Murder...
Dealing with Triggers and Flashbacks
Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) is a complicated and life-altering mental health challenge formed when a person is under extreme distress with no escape. Many symptoms accompany...
It Isn’t “Love Addiction”, It’s “Attachment Trauma”
When a new relationship starts (actually, it doesn't even need to start), we are overwhelmed with emotional flashbacks from younger "Inner Parts" desperate to be loved, protected, and supported....
Strategy: Coping With the Hard Parts of Life
The hard parts of life happen every day. Sometimes everything feels like a hard part — especially for trauma survivors. Being in traffic Arguing with partner Running late A dog growling Rising...
Social Camouflaging In Order to Fit In Today’s Society
ADHD, PTSD, CPTSD, and Narcissism. Although these conditions are different, they all have one thing in common and that is ‘masking’ aka social camouflaging. Masking, first used to describe the...
Incest: When Child Sexual Abuse Happens at Home
When we were children, adults often told us to be careful not to be alone with strangers and if anything happens to let someone we trust know immediately. For many of us though, the real danger was at home. This article describes How does incest impacts a child?
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”.
