
CPTSD and Emotional Flashbacks
Most people are familiar with PTSD flashbacks — the kind we associate with combat veterans who are haunted by a war memory. With Chronic PTSD
Most people are familiar with PTSD flashbacks — the kind we associate with combat veterans who are haunted by a war memory. With Chronic PTSD
Even though the abuse and neglect we endured in childhood is long over, the lingering effects can leave us depressed, anxious, negative and disempowered —
Official diagnosis with Complex PTSD is a “hypothetical and experimental diagnosis” that for now, is lumped in with standard PTSD. But what’s the difference? And
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
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
For a lot of people with Childhood PTSD, the work we do to HEAL traumatic memories can become so consuming that we come to think
For a lot of people with Childhood PTSD, talking about traumatic memories can make symptoms worse — worse than if we were to do nothing
To heal from Childhood PTSD, it’s crucial to understand the role of dysregulation, which is the underlying problem that most conventional treatments have never really
Last year was the best year of my life. For one thing, I finally lost the extra weight I’d been carrying — about 40 pounds.
OK, I have to start with a story. When I was nine years old my mom remarried and we moved 900 miles away from my