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
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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 —
CPTSD, PTSD, Childhood PTSD and ACEs: What’s the Difference?
April 10, 2019
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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
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
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
Has Your Childhood Trauma Become Your Identity?
March 14, 2019
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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
To Heal Childhood Abuse and Neglect: Talk Less. Write More.
March 11, 2019
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For a lot of people with Childhood PTSD, talking about traumatic memories can make symptoms worse — worse than if we were to do nothing
Brain Dysregulation is at the Root of Childhood PTSD: Learning to Re-Regulate Is Where Healing Begins
April 18, 2018
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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
Does Growing Up With Trauma in the House Make You Overweight?
January 11, 2018
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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.
Is Trauma From Your Childhood ACTUALLY Making You Sick?
December 6, 2016
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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