The Unspeakable Reason Love Hurts
Our romantic relationships, as childhood trauma survivors, often put us in a steady state of confusion. For most of us, the intricacies of deep emotional intimacy is somewhat like watching a foreign film without...
Category: Cause & Effects of Chronic Childhood Trauma
Why It Isn’t Bipolar Disorder II–But It Still Hurts Inside
Whether you are diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder I or II it is an overwhelming label to assume. Although this post is not about Bipolar Disorder I, we will begin there with the Bipolar Disorder...
Borderline Personality Disorder: The Catch-all Diagnosis
This is the third post in a series addressing the misdiagnosis of Post Childhood Trauma Symptoms in Adulthood: According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) borderline personality disorder (BPD) cannot be diagnosed...
The Scary Misdiagnosis of Adult ADHD
Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) was not considered a viable adult diagnosis until the 1980s. Oddly enough a large number of adults are currently being diagnosed with ADHD (and medicated) who had no...
Misdiagnosis of Lingering Childhood Trauma Symptoms in Adulthood
This is the first post in a series revealing information for you to consider regarding a diagnosis which has been assigned to you by a mental health professional, why it may be completely inaccurate, how...
The Connection Between Childhood Trauma & Adult Loneliness
I used to have an overwhelming urge to run smack into any car sporting the bumper sticker, “It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.” When I finally took the leap and assumed responsibility for my own...
Hypervigilance–Why Your Life is a Many Triggered Thing
The limbic system controls feelings and emotional reactions in addition to categorizing and storing memories. It releases specific neurochemicals based on its interpretation of your survival needs at the moment. Your safety requirements, according...
Stop Getting Triggered Now
The Limbic Brain – Intellect vs. Instinct When fight or flight were not viable survival options for you as a child it became imperative that you access an alternate method to ensure your mental, emotional and...
Attachment–Disorganized By Chronic Childhood Trauma
In the beginning, there was attachment. In the 1960s a developmental psychologist named Mary Ainsworth conducted a study with 106 babies and their parents called The Strange Situation experiment. Her findings exposed two general...
Childhood Trauma Drives Us to Distraction
As children, in order to survive experiences of chronic childhood trauma, we dissociated, to whatever degree necessary, from our bodies. Without the help of emotionally healthy adults we could not discern a way...
