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What is Trauma-Informed Yoga?
“No intervention that takes power away from the survivor can possibly foster her recovery, no matter how much it appears to be in her immediate best interest.” Judith Herman There may be a time when...
Are You Hyper-Aware of Changing Moods?
Have you ever noticed that you are hyper-aware of other people's changing moods? This awareness could be a trauma response. It could be that you haven't always exactly known what you were...
How to be Trauma-Informed Given Today’s Important Issues?
One of the hard things we talked about in the last article, strategies for coping with the hard parts of life, was watching the news or dealing with current events. There is certainly a lot going on...
Do You Compulsively Count or Perform Mathematical Operations in Your Head?
Trigger Warning: This can cause a trauma response. When I was little and helpless to escape my abusive environment, my brain formed a rather amazing coping strategy to distract me from the fear and...
The Fear of Giving and Receiving Compassion
Many survivors of complex trauma have great trouble receiving compassion from others and have developed complex post-traumatic stress disorder. Somehow, it feels wrong and a trap to allow someone...
Am I a Victim or a Survivor?
Recovery groups, as well as any religious and spiritual groups, like to overuse the words "Victim" and "Survivor" and, it seems, that victims are childish, negative, and difficult adults and,...
A Price To Pay
It is estimated that at least one person with a disability is murdered by their caregiver, parent, or relative each week. 90% of women with disabilities are sexually assaulted, raped, or abused....
Disenfranchised Grief Within the Walls of Parental Alienation
“I will admit, in my darkest moments my hope for others is much clearer than my hope for myself.” Anna-Maija Lee For the purposes of understanding this post, please review the following terms as it...
Projecting the Shadow Self is Surreptitiously Seeing Our Darkness in Others
The shady perfection of a phoenix-like transformation * This article contains behavioral descriptions that correspond, or are largely similar to, behaviors that have spawned from long-term exposure...
Healing Shame When It’s a Cultural Norm
Inducing shame is endemic in so many of our cultures and is one reason why healing shame it is so very hard to accomplish. Recognizing how our cultures produce and support shame is the first step...
For The Living Memory of Children
Life is a bundle of experiences. This bundle inevitably grows and finds its way into a story. Every story has its twists and turns, ongoing passages, and closed chapters. Sharing our stories opens...
Self-Compassion and Childhood Trauma Recovery
Many people identify as having survived childhood abuse of some sort and, as a result, often lack self-compassion. Self-compassion is being kind and understanding with oneself instead of mercilessly...
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”.
