Healing Childhood Trauma: A Piece of Us is Still There When awful events happen to us as children, a part of ourselves can become stuck in that experience.  When bad experiences happen, and we can’t deal with them, we shove them down and push them away.  But the memory of those experiences doesn’t just disappear.  […]

There are times while we travel the road of healing childhood trauma when we need a break.  Other times we are not resting, we are avoiding returning to the process of healing our PTSD or cPTSD.  On the surface, both actions can appear the same.  A deeper look can reveal exactly what we are doing […]

Those of us who have been dealing with our childhood trauma for most of our lives can find the idea of who we might become once it’s healed rather scary.  What will healing do to me?  How will I change?  Will I like the person I become? Will I still remember what happened?  These concerns […]

Not all anniversaries are good.  In fact, some are downright Awful!  People who experienced childhood abuse or neglect can struggle with Awful Anniversaries.  Awful Anniversaries can take many forms. Possible Awful Anniversaries Specific Date: This can be the date that the abuse happened, the date it started, when it became significantly worse, or even the […]