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How is CPTSD Different from PTSD?
Trauma can take many forms. You may have heard of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Most people have at least heard of PTSD, as it relates to veterans. Did you know it impacts many others as...
Complex Trauma and CPTSD in Dysfunctional Homes
Children growing up in an alcoholic or other dysfunctional homes struggle to find their identity in adulthood. They have most likely formed complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) and live...
How to Help Yourself if You’re On a Waiting List for Therapy
One of the positive outcomes of the COVID-19 pandemic is that it has increased mental health awareness. Limiting our activities and contact with others has led to so much talk about fear,...
Growing Into Adulthood in an Alcoholic or Other Dysfunctional Home
***TRIGGER WARNING*** Being a child in a dysfunctional home has long-lasting effects on their lives clear into adulthood. The secrecy and pain that accompany growing up in such a home leave...
Genetic Pathcutting and the Spiritual Implications of Infant Trauma
On the path of awakening or Spiritual Ascension, the first stages for spiritual healing include emotional and mental body clearing of these accumulated soul memories that are recorded from both...
How to Battle ADHD Kryptonite!
Kryptonite for ADHD brains is Boredom. I know, all of you neurotypicals out there are sniggering to yourselves alittle bit. Boredom? really? Allow me to explain.
Be Brave – We Know It’s in You: A Returning Servicemember Takes on Mental Health
Asking For Help Doesn’t Make You Weak If you’re a veteran or first responder, I assume you’ve survived your fair share. If that’s the case, you’re also probably stronger for it. So why does it...
Improving the Outcomes for Queer IPV Survivors
Improving the Outcomes for Queer IPV Survivors When I tell people who know little about me that I am a survivor of domestic violence, they tend to make assumptions. First, they assume that I was...
Suicide Prevention and Advocacy Saves Lives
Although it may seem CPTSD Foundation has been focused on the morbid subject of suicide, remaining silent helps people to die. So, in September, National Suicide Awareness Month, we have...
Getting The Care You Need: Understanding Trauma Includes Emotional Injury
The word trauma is so important to help those who suffer from emotional injury. Yet people so often think of trauma as only including physical or sexual injury. Many overlook its role in their...
When Grief Gets Complicated
Complicated grief requires support. It is grief that is not simply resolved with time. "Time heals all wounds" does not apply.
The Link Between Complex Trauma and Suicidal Ideation
This series of articles in September has focused primarily on advocating and supporting someone who has suicidal ideations or has attempted to die by suicide. As September is National Suicide...
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”.
