How To Stay (Mostly) Sane When Family Visits Make You Crazy
Yay! The holidays are here and everywhere, people with some level of Childhood PTSD are facing the prospect of returning home. Let's say you've escaped a childhood that contained [...]
Four Myths We Used To Believe About The Effects of Childhood Trauma
Everyone knows that trauma in childhood can cause problems later in life, but until recently, we totally misunderstood how this happens. Here are four myths that have dominated our [...]
Childhood PTSD is a Disease of Loneliness. Here’s How to Start Healing.
Trauma from childhood is, in essence, an injury to the ability connect with people. And that's why so many people who were traumatized as kids experience loneliness throughout their [...]
The Childhood PTSD Revolution
https://youtu.be/hzJOvHl93KI What will the world be like when millions of us, who were once suppressed by the burden of Childhood PTSD, are liberated, and bring our gifts to the [...]
The Traumas We Inflict On Ourselves
When we talk about trauma, we are usually referring to the things done TO us — childhood abuse and neglect, growing up poor, violence by a partner, exposure to [...]
Childhood PTSD Hero: Dr. Nadine Burke Harris on ACEs
Why can't everyone just adopt healthy behaviors and quit making the same mistakes over and over and over again? In this beloved TED Talk, Dr. Nadine Burke Harris breaks [...]
Do You Have Childhood PTSD?
https://youtu.be/X1nRzBq_pps PTSD -- or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a real diagnosis usually used for cases where people had a traumatic event happen in adulthood (like taking part in a [...]
A Huge Proportion of Your Problems Today Are Because of You (And Why That’s GOOD)
OK, so before you get all mad and think I don’t understand, I completely understand that some problems are really not self-created, but caused by other people and circumstances. A [...]
What’s The REAL Cause of Depression and Anxiety? (Hint: It’s Rarely a “Chemical Imbalance”)
The last time I was truly depressed was 23 years ago, yet almost every time I see a doctor, they suggest I take antidepressants. They push them for everything [...]
The Unexpected Healing Power of NOT TALKING About Your Trauma
Many years ago, I found a dead body. It was a man I had been dating for a few months, who had turned out to have even more problems [...]