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
You hear this a lot among people who experienced childhood trauma. They have trouble shaking the feeling that they’re somehow different, as if everyone else
Have you ever been at home, and you hear the doorbell, and you’re pretty sure it’s somebody selling something or giving out literature, and instead of
For those of us who grew up with abuse and neglect at home, it can be hard to know how to ACT in social situations.
Forming close friendships is not something that comes naturally to a lot of us who struggle a bit around attachment, connection and trusting others because
One of the messages that’s been drilled into us by popular culture is that “you have to love yourself before you can love someone else.”
Childhood PTSD is, in its essence, an injury to our ability to connect with other people. Abuse and neglect early in our lives literally changes
