CPTSD, PTSD and Trauma: How Stranger Things Season 4 Acknowledges Repressed Trauma
(Spoiler alert) My husband and I recently finished watching Season [...]
CPTSD, PTSD and Fight-or-flight Response: Living in a Trauma Cycle and 7 Steps to Ending It
When you’re living in a trauma cycle, your thoughts are [...]
CPTSD, PTSD, Self-love and Trauma: 10 Simple Ways to Practice Self-care Every Day
Notice I titled this, “10 Simple Ways,” and not, “10 [...]
CPTSD, PTSD, SPD and Boundaries: Learning to Contain the Universe Within You
Understanding boundaries has been an essential part of my trauma [...]
CPTSD, PTSD, Dissociation and Fight-or-flight Response: How Childhood Trauma Shows Up in Marriage
I’ve been thinking about how May is both Trauma Awareness [...]
CPTSD, Perfectionism and Control: From Merely Surviving to Making Homemade Fries (+Recipe)
Recently, I was asked what those of us who suffer [...]
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 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 Trauma: Now’s the Time to Understand Intergenerational Trauma
Intergenerational trauma refers to trauma that has been carried from [...]
PTSD, Fight-or-flight and Relationships: When Being Triggered Makes You Difficult to Be Around
When you suffer from PTSD, it often appears as if [...]
Mental Health and Trauma: The Truth about PTSD and 13 Ways to Help Sufferers Survive
I recently came across several articles on post-traumatic stress disorder [...]
PTSD and Fight-or-flight Response: How Occupational Therapy Saved My Life and 16 Things I’ve Learned
Dedication This week’s blog is dedicated to my occupational [...]
Mental Health and Going to the Salon: 10 Ways to Have a Good Sensory Experience
Going to the salon is typically an enjoyable experience for [...]