Tag: CPTSD
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Biomimicry – Using Nature’s Principles to Heal
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I have been doing this for years without knowing its name. I mimic Mother Nature every day to regulate my nervous system, process my trauma, restore my true self, and build my values and beliefs. She is my mentor in every way possible, and it works.
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Mourning Romantic Love
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The wound of past wishes for romantic love not being fulfilled is churning in my gut as anxiety and grief. I am in mourning for what I wanted but never received. Processing grief.
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Inheriting Contempt
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My parents left me with a wonderful gift: contempt. I recently realized that this is my default setting in life.It takes me a second to turn off my ego and respond from my core self.
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With CPTSD, the familiar can be wrong
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With CPTSD, the familiar can be wrong, and the scary experiences can be right. How do we distinguish the difference?
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OCD and Trauma
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OCD and Trauma – What was once thought of as a neuropathology of the brain, OCD is now being recognized as a symptom of trauma. I believe it is one of the deepest.
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The fragments of shifting from an old self to a new self
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The good phase of healing – from caterpillar to butterfly – the fragments of shifting from and old self to a new self
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The Spectrum of Dissociation
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From daydreaming to dissociative identity disorder, the spectrum of dissociation can be creative to destructive. And what is Structural Dissociation?
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The Jesus Archetype and Divine Femininity
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How does the celebration of Jesus fit into healing trauma and divine femininity? I call his archetype the revered scapegoat – Half worshipped, half demonized.
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Healing the extremes of trauma responses – the pendulation effect
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Healing the extremes of trauma responses – the pendulation effect. Reflecting on the ping-pong effect of trauma responses