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 [...]
OCD, PTSD and SPD: Learning to Relinquish Control and Stay Present
My husband recently needed to go to Rome, Italy for [...]
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 [...]
PTSD, SPD and Fight-or-flight Response: Recognizing and Reconnecting to Our Proprioceptive Sense
My husband and I decided to go for a drive. [...]
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 [...]
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, 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, 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 [...]
Pain, Trauma and Healing: 5 Steps for Creating a Self-care Routine to Regulate Your Nervous System
I had the joy of corresponding with someone new this [...]
Somatic Trauma, PTSD and Chronic Pain: How Getting Massages Helps Move Fascia and Release Pain
I used to think my jaw became dislocated. Because my [...]
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 [...]