Tag: trauma recovery
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Living with Complex PTSD
Understanding the layers—and learning how to heal Complex PTSD (CPTSD) isn’t just a diagnosis—it’s a lived experience. It’s what happens when trauma isn’t a single event, but a pattern. When harm comes from the people who were supposed to protect you. When survival becomes your default setting. I didn’t know I had CPTSD for most…
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When Trauma Shows Up in Your Eyes
Listening to the symptoms your body can’t hide We often hear that “the eyes are the window to the soul,” but what happens when the soul is shaken by trauma? For many people, including myself, the aftermath of a mental break doesn’t just live in the mind. It shows up in the body, and for…
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Understanding PTSD
What it is, how it shows up, and why it’s not your fault PTSD isn’t a weakness. It’s a wound.It’s the brain and body’s response to something overwhelming—something that felt unsafe, uncontrollable, or life-threatening. And even when the danger is gone, the imprint remains. For many of us, PTSD doesn’t look like what we see…
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Are You Triggered?
Understanding trauma responses—and why they’re not overreactions I used to cringe when people joked about being “triggered.” It’s often said with sarcasm, used to dismiss someone’s pain or mock their sensitivity. Triggers are real. They’re not dramatic. They’re not weakness. They’re the body’s way of remembering what it had to survive. What Triggers Actually Are…
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How ACEs Showed Up In My Life
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) are traumatic events that occur before age 18, such as abuse, neglect, or household dysfunction. These experiences can have lasting effects on physical and mental health, and the ACE score is a simple way to measure how many types a person has faced. Higher scores are linked to increased risk for…