New Relationship? Watch Out For These Red Flags
October 5, 2022
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When you’re first dating someone, it can be easy to see only what’s wonderful about them, and to be blind to the red flags in
Category: Relationships with Others
12 Signs That Someone Could Be a Great Partner For You
September 26, 2022
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I do a lot of teaching about red flags – signs that someone is NOT partner material, that people with a history of trauma often
Why You Keep Playing SMALL
March 12, 2022
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You’re not always aware of it when you’re getting trapped in the sticky web of a romantic manipulator. And it takes a while to hit you – usually after you’ve been knocked off the emotional roller coaster you were riding, where you were clinging until the relationship ended.Â
The #1 Thing That Holds Back Your Healing
March 3, 2022
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You’re not always aware of it when you’re getting trapped in the sticky web of a romantic manipulator. And it takes a while to hit you – usually after you’ve been knocked off the emotional roller coaster you were riding, where you were clinging until the relationship ended.Â
10 Things Romantic Manipulators Say
February 11, 2022
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You’re not always aware of it when you’re getting trapped in the sticky web of a romantic manipulator. And it takes a while to hit you – usually after you’ve been knocked off the emotional roller coaster you were riding, where you were clinging until the relationship ended.Â
Why Can’t I Make People Stop TRIGGERING Me?
July 22, 2020
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I’m going to say something very ‘tough love’ here: As a person with Childhood PTSD, You can ask others to understand you and your sensitivities,
The Dark Side of People-Pleasing
May 20, 2020
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If you’re feeling like the people YOU like, don’t like YOU — and you don’t know why — the first thing you want to look
The Emptiness You Feel Is Trying to Tell You Something
April 24, 2020
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I read a short story last week that was about emptiness and love. That funny thing that happens sometimes, happened, and three different people wrote
Is Your Partner’s CPTSD Hurting Your Relationship?
February 14, 2020
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Happy Valentines Day to all you good people out there! I talk a lot about breaking isolation and forming relationships, but a topic many of
CPTSD: Are you TRIGGERED by ABANDONMENT?
February 11, 2020
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One of the worst triggers of Childhood PTSD symptoms for many of us is the feeling of abandonment. This trigger is primal because we’re all