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’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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Are you feeling stress right now? Maybe you are worn out from COVID, the state of society, or the uncertainty of the world. Maybe you’ve done self-care and it’s still not enough. Maybe, just maybe,…
It can be a challenge to find information for both survivors and their loved ones in a single post. I asked two trauma therapists to weigh in on the topic on my blog.