CPTSD & Everyday Safety CPTSD isn’t just “a longer, worse PTSD.” It’s a deeper pattern of how the nervous system learns safety and danger from repeated trauma, especially trauma that happened in relationships, over time, or when you couldn’t escape. It can affect your emotions, your sense of self, how you connect with others, and […]
CPTSD Healing: Why ‘Cured’ Isn’t the Goal
Can CPTSD Be Cured? There’s a common question I get when talking about living with CPTSD: can you be cured? First, I always want to be clear about something in my replies. I’m not a therapist, and I don’t have any clinical training. I make sure people know that when they reach out. What I […]
CPTSD Healing Isn’t Linear: 7 Years In
Seven Years In I am now going into 7 years this year since I was first diagnosed with having CPTSD. During that time I have had many ups and downs. I have battled denial, anger, shame, and even sadness. Healing is never a straight line. It’s laps. Sometimes progress, sometimes circling back to feelings you […]
Healing, Boundaries, and Finding Yourself
Healing Reveals Where Your Energy Goes There’s something I’ve noticed while working on my own healing journey: the more work you put into healing, the less time and energy you have for people who haven’t done any of theirs. What I mean is this: as you heal, your tolerance for chaos, denial, and emotional immaturity […]
When Healing Hits Hard: CPTSD Truths
The Whiplash of Healing (And Why It Still Catches Me Off Guard) If you’ve read my blog for more than five minutes, you already know I’ve been on this healing ride for a long while. Long enough to have collected a whole scrapbook of “Oh wow, I finally get it” moments… and an equally thick […]
The Hidden Pain Points of CPTSD Healing
Looking for the Pain Point: A Marketer’s Approach to Healing As someone who’s spent most of his life working in advertising and marketing, I’ve been trained to look for the “pain point.” What’s the thing underneath the thing? What’s actually driving the behavior, the resistance, the mess? CPTSD Healing Comes With Endless Pain Points And […]