TRAUMA BONDING Explained
May 16, 2021
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There’s one kind of romantic relationship that I wouldn’t wish on anyone — and that’s the kind that’s been made intense by a trauma bond.
Category: Relationships with Others
Trauma-Driven Decisions: How to Stop Before They Happen
January 29, 2021
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If you had trauma when you were little, I’m going to guess that you’ve made some really bad decisions in your life… strange self-sabotaging decisions
Managing CPTSD When the World is On Fire
July 3, 2020
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When the world around you becomes unstable, there are two basic energies you can adopt. For those who went through trauma as a child, it’s
How to Deal With Haters
April 7, 2020
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One hard thing about my work is — I get hate mail sometimes. Maybe you do too — or you just get exposed to other
CPTSD and Emotional Flashbacks
June 13, 2019
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Most people are familiar with PTSD flashbacks — the kind we associate with combat veterans who are haunted by a war memory. With Chronic PTSD
How to FEEL HAPPIER When Childhood PTSD is Holding You Down
May 6, 2019
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Even though the abuse and neglect we endured in childhood is long over, the lingering effects can leave us depressed, anxious, negative and disempowered —
Childhood PTSD and ANGER: Is it Ever a GOOD Thing?
April 4, 2019
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For me, one of the biggest burdens of my past was in my relationship to anger. When I was a kid, the adults in my
Are You RE-Traumatizing Yourself? 16 Self-Defeating Behaviors Common with Childhood PTSD
April 16, 2019
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Part of the damage from abuse and neglect in childhood is what actually happened when we were kids. But a significant part of the problem