Warning Warning Tonight’s post is tough. If you are prone to be triggered by discussing Sexual abuse and grooming GO BACK one post and enjoy some process art…..there are no mistakes in art, only new designs. Last post https://ptsd-acceptingcopingthriving.com/2018/06/02/product-vs-process-art/ This is tough for me to write. Recognizing sexual abuse and the process…
I often wondered how I could be neglected when my mother was so controlling. During counseling sessions, I realized that she was only controlling when I was home, the rest of the time she had no idea what I was doing or who I was with. Neglect https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/define.pdf Neglect is frequently defined as the failure…
Sometimes is Physical abuse. Most people think about bruising and broken bones. Easily seen and documented the obvious physical abuse is quickly identified. Physical Abuse Physical abuse is generally defined as “any nonaccidental physical injury to the child” and can include striking, kicking, burning, or biting the child, or any action that results in a…
Sometimes defining what we call abuse is helpful to identify what is what. People do not all respond or define abuse the same way. Sometimes when I read a definition I would feel bewildered because it happened to me all the time and it was just the way I was treated, the behavior was not…
I started this blog about PTSD. Then very few blogs existed for PTSD other than military. Now, many blogs share their journey and what they learned. Then I was planning to write a book, now there are many books to choose from all ready written. Making time to read them all is a bit of…
Many times I am told that I am over sensitive, imagining things, and at fault for feeling like bad things are happening. People, sometimes bad things are happening. Too often, the person telling you it is not bad is the one that is hurting you. I read several times on a group for CPTSD that…
One of the most insidious and long reaching abuses is often completely ignored or denied. That is religious abuse. My definition is taking the concept of Heavenly Father, God, and twist it to mean something so horrible that either a person fears God to the point of being unwilling to study the scriptures or pray,…
I like reading to children. I like many of the children’s books. I can recite pages and pages of some of the books I read often to our children. However, there are some books that kids seem to love that have a very dark message. Green Eggs and Ham is on my ugh list. Kids…
If I can’t do it perfectly the first time, I won’t do it at all. Sounds ridiculous but how often do we approach things with this attitude. Let me try another version: If you don’t have time to do it right the first time, when will you have time to do it over? ~ John…
Routines are built to get things done. Most people don’t write down basics like shower, get dressed, eat. They don’t need to. They simply do them every day without fail. Not so with an abuse survivor. CPTSD disables a person from believing that they should be taken care of by themselves or anyone else. https://healingfromcomplextraumaandptsd.wordpress.com/2017/07/16/25-obvious-non-obvious-self-care-issues-complex-trauma-survivors-struggle-with-lilly-hope-lucario/…
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