I was asked to write a letter to my younger self in therapy this week, and I have spent some time thinking of what to write. It turned out to be a lot more difficult than I thought it would be, but I eventually came up with this. Hey, Younger Me, I know things feel […]
Building Strong Connections While Living with CPTSD
Deconstructing conditioning around relationships, romance and intimacy, especially when you’re navigating CPTSD, is like building a jigsaw puzzle. There is a lot to work through. We have to Deal with our trauma responses and what society deems normal. We’re taught early on what love should look like through movies, books and music. There’s often this […]
The Moment I Knew I needed Help
For most of my life, I was closed off, keeping people at arm’s length, and I had no idea why I sabotaged real connections when they came my way. I spent years feeling numb, locked in a cycle of emotional breakdowns. Expressing myself or even talking about my feelings felt impossible. It was like I […]
The Year Everything Changed (For Real This Time)
If you had told me a year ago that I’d be writing a post like this, clear-headed, grounded, and dare I say… hopeful? I probably would’ve laughed. Or more likely, shut down completely and changed the subject. But here I am, at the start of 2025, taking a deep breath and recognizing just how far […]
My Journey Of Introspection
I have been doing a lot of soul-searching lately. Looking at my life over the years and where I am today. I’ve really tried not to play victim or look at my life as if I was dealt a bad hand. I do, however, see what trauma has cost me, what it has done to […]
How CPTSD Changed How I See Myself
Healing from CPTSD: What I’ve Learned About Myself Healing from CPTSD isn’t a straight line. There are setbacks, breakthroughs, and moments when you suddenly realize you’ve been carrying beliefs that were never yours to begin with. Looking back over the past few years, there are several lessons that have fundamentally changed how I relate to […]