What ‘High-Functioning’ PTSD Looks Like
From the outside looking in, most people would never peg me as someone with a mental illness. I’ve run my own successful business for 13 years, have a big social...
Do I have PTSD or cPTSD? PTSD and Complex PTSD Physical Symptoms, Just Some of Them
Our society tends to talk a lot about the ways that post-traumatic stress disorder impacts mental health. But the illness has profound effects across people’s well-being ― including their physical...
3 Stages of Recovery After Narcissist Abuse
We want you to know that recovery is much more than learning about what is narcissistic abuse, who are these narcissists are, learn the lingo of narcissistic abuse and what just happened....
I’ve been narcissistically abused. Now what?
If you are currently in an abusive relationship of any kind, know that you are not alone even if you feel like you are. There are millions of survivors all...
This Is How You Can Tell You Are The Victim of Narcissistic Abuse – 11 Signs
magine this: your entire reality has been warped and distorted. You have been mercilessly violated, manipulated, lied to, ridiculed, demeaned and gaslighted into believing that you are imagining things. The person...
Transgenerational Trauma – How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who You Are
Unconsciously, we relive our mother’s anxiety. We repeat our father’s disappointments. We replicate the failed relationships of our parents or grandparents. Just as we inherit our eye color and blood...
What is Complex PTSD ( cPTSD)?
It’s likely you may already be familiar with PTSD. You may know it as the condition that affects war veterans and survivors of car accidents, natural disasters, and isolated acts...
Early warning signs of abuse – checklist. Important for men and women. Abuse can happen to anyone.
Read carefully, check and monitor if some of these signs are present or getting more frequent. Your partner makes you feel uncomfortable by:* Telling you what to do or not...
5 Manipulation Tactics Narcissistic Parents Use To Control Their Adult Children
Adult children of narcissists go through a lifetime’s worth of abuse. Narcissistic parents lack empathy, exploit their children for their own agendas, and are unlikely to seek treatment or change...
Shrinking the Inner Critic in Complex PTSD
Psychogenesis of the PTSD Critic A flashback-inducing critic is typically spawned in a danger-laden childhood home. When parents do not provide safe enough bonding and attachment, the child flounders in...