The Crappy Childhood Fairy Podcast with Anna Runkle

The Crappy Childhood Fairy Podcast with Anna Runkle

Hosted by: Anna Runkle

I’m Anna Runkle, also known as the Crappy Childhood Fairy, and I teach people to recognize and heal the symptoms of Childhood PTSD. Welcome to my podcast!I’m not a doctor or therapist; I know about childhood trauma...

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Limerence Flares Up When Life Feels Empty and Sad

Romantic obsession with someone you can’t have is a sneaky, life-wrecking toxin – almost a drug that feels great at first and *seems* like if you could just have that person, your life would go from empty... to...
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Do This to Heal Broken Red-Flag Detector

If you look around all the friends and partners who you've led into your life and you discover there's kind of a high proportion of people who bring trouble and danger into your life --- guess what? Your red flag...
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This Trauma Symptom Hurts Others The Most (4-Video Compilation)

Abuse and neglect in childhood can leave its mark on your ability to regulate your emotions. They come out too strong, causing you to lash out, burst into tears, panic or fall madly in love at an intensity that...
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It’s When The Terror ENDS That Trauma Survivors Sometimes Break Down

Living through a traumatic childhood takes extraordinary survival skills. You shut down, act tough, dance around to make other people happy, even when it means losing yourself. Sometimes the pain of all you’ve been...
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Some People Are Not Wired to Experience Romantic Love

Most of us who have ever had a relationship have fallen love, and most of us have also had someone not love us back. But what if you’re with someone who WANTS to be with you and loves you, but they say they don’t feel...
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The Great Love You Crave Is Not a Fantasy

Your Childhood PTSD symptoms have likely created a lifetime of problems in relationships -- choosing unavailable people, clinging to bad relationships or avoiding love altogether. But the reason you long for a real...
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Early Trauma Can Make It Hard to Connect and Commit (4-Video Compilation)

People who lived through trauma in childhood often develop an "avoidant" attachment style, which can be hard for their partners who may crave reassurance, commitment, and frequent expressions of affection that don't...
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Is It Cheating to Take a Job with Boundary-less Employer?

Charming and powerful employers have a knack for tempting people who are desperate for a big break in their career. They can offer money, fame, and connections that you might never access again. But if the price is to...
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Don’t Let Wounds of Neglect Trample Any Possibility of Love

t’s common in our culture for people to sleep together almost as soon as they meet. And people act like that’s fun and easy, and only foolish people can’t handle it, or think it should be avoided, in favor of...
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Don't Let CPTSD Block You From Becoming Your Full and REAL SELF

Trauma in childhood can leave with obvious problems, but also a subtle tendency to hide your authentic self, and to avoid reaching for big goals that are important to you. In this video I share common reasons why...
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You're Madly In Love But Pretend to Be "Just a Friend" (4-Video Compilation)

Limerence is the name for an obsessive infatuation that becomes more like an addiction to someone who cannot or will not be with you. It's especially common in people who were emotionally neglected as children, who...
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Childhood Trauma Corrupts Your Thinking and Pushes You Into Danger

No matter how much you pull yourself together after a childhood full of abuse and neglect, the injury of trauma will TRY to suck you back into horrible dynamics of your childhood without you even realizing it. Your...
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