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CPTSD is a Wound That Makes It So Hard to Connect
If you grew up emotionally neglected, your parents may not have helped you develop a strong sense of self. If they didn't "get" who you were, and they didn't offer validation, you may find yourself confused about the...
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How to Build The Life You Want (Even Though They Didn't Tell You HOW)
People who grew up poor want the same good things in life as anyone else, but if you grew up with parents who were dysfunctional or neglectful, you may not have been shown how a person can use their talents to earn a...
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The Number One Reason Traumatized People Pull Away
Isolating is an almost universal symptom of PTSD from childhood – or for anyone with wounds from trauma. There’s what it looks like from the outside. But the real reason you silate may not be becuase you want to be...
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The Real Reason The World Needs You To Heal From Trauma
When you first start healing CPTSD, simply feeling a little better seems like the most you could ever hope for. You DO need to feel better, but you were meant for SO much more. In this four-video compilation I share...
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CPTD Makes You Fill Your Life with Half-Relationships
One of the worst wounds a parent can inflict on a child is to not recognize them as distinct person -- not caring about their unique needs and their strengths, and not helping them to recognize these in themselves. If...
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Childhood Neglect and The High Cost of Trying to Be “Good Enough”
If you were neglected as a child, you may still be acting on a belief that if you could only be nice enough, your parents would have transformed into the loving, caring adults you needed. This coping mechanism helps...
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To Be a Light in Hard Times, Ask Yourself This (and Take Action on the Answers)
We are living through upside-down times. People who used to be friends attack each other over opinions they can barely express. Where we once had unity, we face division. It’s hard to know what you can trust, or whom...
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Overcoming Trauma is a Step by Step Process (4-Video Compilation)
When we talk about childhood trauma, so much of the focus goes onto the past -- what happened, and who did it. This is important, but healing can't really take place until you learn to focus on -- and CALM -- present...
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CPTSD Blinds You to Signs They Are TAKING From You But Don't Care
Something beautiful about people is that we are designed to delight in others – to connect and bond with them, and sometimes, to fall in love and give our whole heart. CPTSD can distort that natural process of finding...
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CPTSD Wounds Can Make You Worry Constantly, Even When Things Are Fine
Learning to love a partner is a huge and happy accomplishment for those of us who lived through abuse and neglect in childhood. Trauma wounds don't end in childhood; early abuse and neglect can leave us with...
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This Form of Writing Is Effective For Healing Trauma & Physical/Mental Health
If you had childhood trauma and you’re still relying on conventional approaches to heal, you may still be suffering with symptoms and losing hope that healing can happen. Talking about your traumatic experiences may...
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Putting All Your Focus On Another Person's Problems Robs You of a Happy Life
Some people can't focus on anyone but themselves. But others can't focus on themselves and instead become entirely focused on another person's problems -- their feelings, their shortcomings, and how unhappy they make...
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