
I met Andrea Papin and Yvette Lalonde on Instagram about four years ago. I admired them for their insightful and compassionate dialogues about complex trauma. Each has a unique perspective through an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed lens.…
I met Andrea Papin and Yvette Lalonde on Instagram about four years ago. I admired them for their insightful and compassionate dialogues about complex trauma. Each has a unique perspective through an anti-oppressive, trauma-informed lens.…
When you support someone who has CPTSD, what do you call yourself? When you care about them and help them as best you can, what does that make you? Defining myself in relationship to being…
I didn’t have a name for it. I was researching the impact of caring for someone with complex post traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD) when these words jumped at me: Caregiving tasks interfere with many other…
Early on in our relationship, my partner and I thought we communicated well. Like many couples, we loved to talk, to share and to spend time with each other. We believed nothing was off limits…
What do the loved ones of trauma survivors need? If you have been reading this blog for a while and you are a supporter, you probably have a list of needs. Maybe a long list.…
What do you need to know if your partner or loved one has a dissociative disorder? Dissociation and dissociative disorders are often mentioned with complex post traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD). As many of you know,…
I recently came across a series of research articles focused on complex post traumatic stress disorder (complex PTSD or CPTSD) and the daily life experiences of those with the diagnosis and their relatives. As you…
Do the words ‘family estrangement’ scare you? Do they make you inwardly recoil or want to stop reading? Maybe topics liked complex PTSD and family estrangement feel too heavy on top of everything going on…
I’ve been thinking about one. I’ve been thinking about it in my own life. I’ve been thinking about it for those impacted by CPTSD. Now, in the middle of January, in the middle of the…
Editor’s note: This was originally published in 2018 “As a partner to someone with CPTSD, do you struggle with fatigue or exhaustion?” A friend asked me this recently. To be honest, I was taken aback…
If you support a trauma survivor, I know some stress is normal to you. But right now, stress is at an all time high – not just for you but for the world. (Publication date…
If you are in a relationship with a trauma survivor and you are worried about secondary traumatic stress, you are not alone. Concerns about secondary trauma or secondary traumatic stress (STS) are among the main…