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
Category: Relationships with Others
Dreading Valentines Day? Here’s Something to Heal That.
February 12, 2020
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This Valentines Day, Prepare for REAL Love: Heal the Effects of Childhood PTSD On Your Romantic Life. A history of trauma in childhood can take
Take the QUIZ: Has Childhood PTSD Affected Your Romantic Relationships?
June 27, 2019
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Early abuse, neglect and other traumas can create distinctive, negative patterns in adulthood, especially around dating and relationships. The video below describes my new quiz,
Childhood PTSD and The Guilty Feeling: When Is It Real?
March 28, 2019
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Abuse and neglect in childhood can leave a lifelong residue of guilt for things that were never our fault. This same fuzzy thinking can ALSO
Part 2: CPTSD and The Pain of Loving Unavailable People
February 7, 2019
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Early trauma like abuse and neglect in childhood can negatively impact our capacity to have healthy romantic relationships. This is the second of two excerpts
Feeling Naked
July 25, 2018
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When I was six years old, some moms took a bunch of us kids to the Santa Cruz Beach and Boardwalk, which was (in my