Complex PTSD & the Monster Under the Bed
Despite a hypervigilant limbic system, which seems to take us to the verge of the abyss regularly, we were told, for many years, that those of us with post childhood trauma symptoms don’t fit...
Tagged: inner child
WHAT ARE WE MISSING?
Haven’t you always known that, as a child, you deserved love, tenderness, attention and encouragement? We were beautiful, loving, trusting, innocent children that wanted nothing more than to be loved, cherished and significant to...
Are You Lost and Confused When it Comes to Personal Boundaries?
Do you know the eleven commonalities typically shared by adults who have experienced childhood trauma? Due to suppressing your traumatized inner child and its reactions, you may not have even identified these issues as...
The Forgiveness Myth
When someone attempts to force forgiveness onto a person who has suffered deeply at the hands of another, they are audaciously assuming the role of a god. The only person You have any obligation...
Chasing the Rescue Fantasy
As childhood trauma survivors, our formative years were spent in an unstable and unpredictable environment where we adopted a multitude of self-preservation techniques in order to survive. But those same techniques keep steering us...
Who Makes You Feel Less Than?
Personal Boundary #3 I will not associate with people who treat me or speak to me in a way that makes me feel diminished Are you still associating with people who say and do...
Loving Your Wounded Inner Child
One of the most debilitating burdens of our dysfunctional upbringing is the effect it continues to have on our level of clarity. Do we choose what’s behind door number one, two or three? Our...
Seven Ways To Like Yourself More
In recovering from childhood trauma your overarching goal is to love yourself more each day. Show yourself that love by the things you do for yourself, by the way you nurture and care for...
Vulnerability Can Heal Your Inner Child
If honesty is the best policy, why do so many of us who experienced childhood trauma (especially chronic childhood trauma) quake at the very thought of speaking our true feelings, needs and desires out...
