Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
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Writer, CPTSD survivor, songwriter, music professor, 360° human ellentift. New book on Amazon: https://a.co/d/7jhhPN1
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jul 31
There's A Word For That- Understanding Complex Trauma When You Feel Broken, Lost, and Confused: A Survivor's Guide to CPTSD and Finding Your Way Back to Yourself
Amazon.com: There's A Word For That- Understanding Complex Trauma When You Feel Broken, Lost, and Confused: A Survivor's Guide to CPTSD and Finding Your Way Back to Yourself: 9798992322804: Tift, Ellen: Books
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jul 31
There's A Word For That- Understanding Complex Trauma When You Feel Broken, Lost, and Confused: A Survivor's Guide to CPTSD and Finding Your Way Back to Yourself
Amazon.com: There's A Word For That- Understanding Complex Trauma When You Feel Broken, Lost, and Confused: A Survivor's Guide to CPTSD and Finding Your Way Back to Yourself: 9798992322804: Tift, Ellen: Books
a.co
Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jul 1
Brace Yourself! A Nervous System on Edge After Complex Trauma
Do you constantly brace yourself during everyday interactions? This bracing response is both understandable and exhausting. Let's talk about why it happens and what you can do to calm it.
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jun 24
Fifteen 5-Minute Bathroom Stall Resets for CPTSD Survivors (Anxiety Help Tools)
Are you ever in a public place, trying to hide your internal melt-down? Lock yourself in a bathroom stall and try these proven methods to regulate your panicked nervous system.
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jun 22
"I've Forgotten How to Live a Normal Life": Understanding Functional Freeze After Trauma
When basic tasks drain all your energy and what seems easy for others feels impossible for you, this isn't weakness. It's your nervous system protecting you. Here's why it happens and how to heal.
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jun 17
"Why Can't I Stop Replaying It In My Head?" How Rumination Dominates Our Minds Post Abuse
Have you lost too much time trying to make sense of the senseless or solve the unsolvable? Narcissistic abuse can do that to you. How rumination both hurts and helps, and how to redirect.
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jun 13
Brainwashing: If It Happened to You, Would You Know It?
If you've been in a relationship with a narcissist for any length of time, you've likely been brainwashed. The longer and more severe the abuse, the more extreme the manipulation, but you can heal.
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jun 9
How Can You Tell When You're Being Manipulated? And How Can You Stop It?
They use your best qualities against you, and before you know it, you're choosing things that harm you. What it can look like, how it feels in your body, and solid tactics to break free.
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jun 9
How Can You Tell When You're Being Manipulated? And How Can You Stop It?
They use your best qualities against you, and before you know it, you're choosing things that harm you. What it can look like, how it feels in your body, and solid tactics to break free.
open.substack.com
Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jun 5
Body Memory: How Trauma Rewires You—And How to Reclaim Your Physical Wellbeing
Do you smell different after trauma? We'll discuss the physiological changes one might experience, healing approaches, practitioners to find, tests to request, and scripts for medical conversations.
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jun 3
Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· Jun 1
They Say They Love Me, But Keep Hurting Me. Can Love and Harm Coexist?
Do they love you? Do you love them? How to tell the difference between love and something else. Let's break down why we stay when authentic love is scarce and where to start healing.
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· May 28
Anger: Is It the Poison Slowly Killing You, or the Antidote That Can Save You?
Struggling with anger after abuse? Learn how to understand, honor, and transform anger into a source of healing, protection, and empowerment in this compassionate guide for CPTSD survivors.
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· May 26
"Can't You Take A Joke?" How Small Things Can Lead to Existential Humiliation (2 of 2)
Have you ever found yourself suddenly humiliated, yet forced to pretend otherwise in front of people? How covert narcissists intentionally do this to their targets while appearing perfectly innocent.
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Ellen Tift
@ellentift.bsky.social
· May 24
"I Feel Fundamentally Wrong... As A Human" Healing Existential Shame (1 of 2)
Do you flinch at the slightest critique? Do you obsess over small mistakes? How a core belief that you are unacceptable as a human being can blow up your life. And what to do about it.
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