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…
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,…
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…
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.
My husband has developmental trauma and no one told me about it. After eight trauma therapists, three psychiatric assessments, four general practitioners, two big psychological breakdowns, many smaller breakdowns, three employment leaves, financial loss, one…