Awakening: How Occupational Therapy Uncovered Hidden Trauma
It was March of 2018 and my third attempt [...]
Fight-or-flight and Trauma: My Husband Triggers My PTSD (and 5 Things to Do If Someone Triggers You)
My husband triggers me. As our loved ones tend to [...]
CPTSD, OCD and Trauma: How Getting My First Tattoo Became a Lesson in Perfectionism and Control
I decided to get my first tattoo at the age [...]
Depression and Mental Health: Mourning Rejection and Learning to Let Go
Dealing with the rejection that comes with being a writer [...]
Anxiety, CPTSD and Intergenerational Trauma: Channeling Our Inner Superhero and Using Self-care
This week has been a doozy. Personally and nationally. It [...]
CPTSD, Fear and Intergenerational Trauma: Coming Out of Hiding and Learning to Trust Myself
I realized the other day that I lie to my [...]
CPTSD, PTSD and Trauma: Using the Xen Unit to Get Out of a Fight-or-Flight Response
A Little about Me Few things help pull me out [...]
CPTSD, Depression and Intergenerational Trauma: Pushing Through the Discomfort Until the Joy Returns
It's a few weeks into a new semester, and I [...]
CPTSD, PTSD, Intergenerational Trauma and Black Lives Matter: A Story of Officers and Compassion
My husband was driving as we pulled into the parking [...]
Trauma, Empathy and Mindfulness: Creating and Holding Space and Boundaries
After suffering extreme loss of myself, Im learning to let [...]
OCD, PTSD, SPD and COVID: Masks, Panic Attacks and a Trip to Target
Right before COVID hit, I was just starting to break [...]
CPTSD, PTSD, OCD and Intergenerational Trauma: The Danger of Controlling and the Joy of Letting Go
Learning to practice mindfulness has helped me understand what it [...]
CPTSD, PTSD and Intergenerational Trauma: Living In a Fight-or-flight Response (+9 Ways to Get Out)
When you suffer CPTSD or PTSD long enough, you become [...]
CPTSD, PTSD and Intergenerational Trauma: We Are in This Together (And 8 Tips for Healing)
It’s been a tough few weeks, and I was at [...]
CPTSD, PTSD and Intergenerational Trauma: Living In a Fight-or-flight Response and 9 Steps to Getting Out
When you suffer CPTSD or PTSD long enough, you become [...]