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#trauma | #cPTSD #recovery ❤️🩹 Recovering from trauma is among the most heroic things we can do. We can heal.
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This article helped change my life.
I started lifting weights to combat anxiety, but found it also built a sense of self-worth I never possessed from childhood.
"Weight lifting healed trauma through the felt sense of the mind-body connection, which created a more empowered trauma survivor."
I started lifting weights to combat anxiety, but found it also built a sense of self-worth I never possessed from childhood.
"Weight lifting healed trauma through the felt sense of the mind-body connection, which created a more empowered trauma survivor."
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Healing from childhood trauma requires survivors to hold the conviction we deserved better, that we were "enough." There's no room for self-cruelty, not anymore.
Our old survival patterns will try to seduce us otherwise, but self-compassion & patience are non-negotiable tools for recovery.
#cptsd
Our old survival patterns will try to seduce us otherwise, but self-compassion & patience are non-negotiable tools for recovery.
#cptsd
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Healing from childhood trauma requires survivors to hold the conviction we deserved better, that we were "enough." There's no room for self-cruelty, not anymore.
Our old survival patterns will try to seduce us otherwise, but self-compassion & patience are non-negotiable tools for recovery.
#cptsd
Our old survival patterns will try to seduce us otherwise, but self-compassion & patience are non-negotiable tools for recovery.
#cptsd
Healing from childhood trauma requires survivors to hold the conviction we deserved better, that we were "enough." There's no room for self-cruelty, not anymore.
Our old survival patterns will try to seduce us otherwise, but self-compassion & patience are non-negotiable tools for recovery.
#cptsd
Our old survival patterns will try to seduce us otherwise, but self-compassion & patience are non-negotiable tools for recovery.
#cptsd
November 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Healing from childhood trauma requires survivors to hold the conviction we deserved better, that we were "enough." There's no room for self-cruelty, not anymore.
Our old survival patterns will try to seduce us otherwise, but self-compassion & patience are non-negotiable tools for recovery.
#cptsd
Our old survival patterns will try to seduce us otherwise, but self-compassion & patience are non-negotiable tools for recovery.
#cptsd
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Trauma may manifest as ruminations and flashbacks, but trauma isn’t stuck in your thoughts; its wedged in your body.
Talking & writing help align our language to emotions, but we still have to feel the emotions to heal. Tremors, rage & tears are the Inner Child showing the path of the body.
#cptsd
Talking & writing help align our language to emotions, but we still have to feel the emotions to heal. Tremors, rage & tears are the Inner Child showing the path of the body.
#cptsd
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trauma may manifest as ruminations and flashbacks, but trauma isn’t stuck in your thoughts; its wedged in your body.
Talking & writing help align our language to emotions, but we still have to feel the emotions to heal. Tremors, rage & tears are the Inner Child showing the path of the body.
#cptsd
Talking & writing help align our language to emotions, but we still have to feel the emotions to heal. Tremors, rage & tears are the Inner Child showing the path of the body.
#cptsd
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As someone with cPTSD and more years of fires and struggles than not, I really appreciated this reminder. 💛
This is for the Highly Sensitive Writer
You need safety before you need discipline
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November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
As someone with cPTSD and more years of fires and struggles than not, I really appreciated this reminder. 💛
Trauma may manifest as ruminations and flashbacks, but trauma isn’t stuck in your thoughts; its wedged in your body.
Talking & writing help align our language to emotions, but we still have to feel the emotions to heal. Tremors, rage & tears are the Inner Child showing the path of the body.
#cptsd
Talking & writing help align our language to emotions, but we still have to feel the emotions to heal. Tremors, rage & tears are the Inner Child showing the path of the body.
#cptsd
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trauma may manifest as ruminations and flashbacks, but trauma isn’t stuck in your thoughts; its wedged in your body.
Talking & writing help align our language to emotions, but we still have to feel the emotions to heal. Tremors, rage & tears are the Inner Child showing the path of the body.
#cptsd
Talking & writing help align our language to emotions, but we still have to feel the emotions to heal. Tremors, rage & tears are the Inner Child showing the path of the body.
#cptsd
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Folks think trauma recovery is like throwing a switch: on / off.
They're wrong. Trauma recovery is rewiring the whole damn house, inch by inch. It means methodically pulling out the old wires - they *will* cause a fire - and installing brand new ones. Rewiring the brain is labor.
#cptsd #recovery
They're wrong. Trauma recovery is rewiring the whole damn house, inch by inch. It means methodically pulling out the old wires - they *will* cause a fire - and installing brand new ones. Rewiring the brain is labor.
#cptsd #recovery
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Folks think trauma recovery is like throwing a switch: on / off.
They're wrong. Trauma recovery is rewiring the whole damn house, inch by inch. It means methodically pulling out the old wires - they *will* cause a fire - and installing brand new ones. Rewiring the brain is labor.
#cptsd #recovery
They're wrong. Trauma recovery is rewiring the whole damn house, inch by inch. It means methodically pulling out the old wires - they *will* cause a fire - and installing brand new ones. Rewiring the brain is labor.
#cptsd #recovery
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Recovery is summoning the storm of emotions while meeting the wind & rain with patience, self-love & acceptance.
The wizardry of healing`is not abandoning your need of care & protection even when the winds swirl and thunder cracks. Draw out the warmth of the sun during the storm.
#cptsd #recovery
The wizardry of healing`is not abandoning your need of care & protection even when the winds swirl and thunder cracks. Draw out the warmth of the sun during the storm.
#cptsd #recovery
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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When supported by self-compassion, feeling IS the healing. ❤️🩹
When supported by self-compassion, feeling IS the healing. ❤️🩹
If you ain't crying, you ain't healing.
You can let the pain, grief, and sadness go.
You can be FREE of it.
But, you gotta feel it first.
You can let the pain, grief, and sadness go.
You can be FREE of it.
But, you gotta feel it first.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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When supported by self-compassion, feeling IS the healing. ❤️🩹
When supported by self-compassion, feeling IS the healing. ❤️🩹
💯💯💯
When supported by self-compassion, feeling IS the healing. ❤️🩹
When supported by self-compassion, feeling IS the healing. ❤️🩹
If you ain't crying, you ain't healing.
You can let the pain, grief, and sadness go.
You can be FREE of it.
But, you gotta feel it first.
You can let the pain, grief, and sadness go.
You can be FREE of it.
But, you gotta feel it first.
November 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
💯💯💯
When supported by self-compassion, feeling IS the healing. ❤️🩹
When supported by self-compassion, feeling IS the healing. ❤️🩹
Recovery is summoning the storm of emotions while meeting the wind & rain with patience, self-love & acceptance.
The wizardry of healing`is not abandoning your need of care & protection even when the winds swirl and thunder cracks. Draw out the warmth of the sun during the storm.
#cptsd #recovery
The wizardry of healing`is not abandoning your need of care & protection even when the winds swirl and thunder cracks. Draw out the warmth of the sun during the storm.
#cptsd #recovery
November 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Survivors too often berate ourselves for self-sabotage and being “our own worst enemy.”
Self-sabotage gives us the illusion of control, it’s an attempt to protect ourselves. It’s not a discipline problem, it’s because no one ever showed us we were safe when we were young & vulnerable.
#cptsd
Self-sabotage gives us the illusion of control, it’s an attempt to protect ourselves. It’s not a discipline problem, it’s because no one ever showed us we were safe when we were young & vulnerable.
#cptsd
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Survivors too often berate ourselves for self-sabotage and being “our own worst enemy.”
Self-sabotage gives us the illusion of control, it’s an attempt to protect ourselves. It’s not a discipline problem, it’s because no one ever showed us we were safe when we were young & vulnerable.
#cptsd
Self-sabotage gives us the illusion of control, it’s an attempt to protect ourselves. It’s not a discipline problem, it’s because no one ever showed us we were safe when we were young & vulnerable.
#cptsd
Be kind to yourself and please respond to that email before it ruins your whole damn week.
Part of recovery is building trust in yourself to take action where you can. Repeatedly booting small tasks just inflames shame. Start small, be consistent & be kind. ❤️🩹
#cptsd
Part of recovery is building trust in yourself to take action where you can. Repeatedly booting small tasks just inflames shame. Start small, be consistent & be kind. ❤️🩹
#cptsd
November 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Be kind to yourself and please respond to that email before it ruins your whole damn week.
Part of recovery is building trust in yourself to take action where you can. Repeatedly booting small tasks just inflames shame. Start small, be consistent & be kind. ❤️🩹
#cptsd
Part of recovery is building trust in yourself to take action where you can. Repeatedly booting small tasks just inflames shame. Start small, be consistent & be kind. ❤️🩹
#cptsd
Survivors aren't primarily angry over the lack of care from abusive & incompetent parents, we’re angry their actions made us think we’re unlovable & worthless.
Our own self-disgust is the living legacy of that trauma. Our homes shaped us, but we reshape ourselves now thru self-compassion. ❤️🩹
#cptsd
Our own self-disgust is the living legacy of that trauma. Our homes shaped us, but we reshape ourselves now thru self-compassion. ❤️🩹
#cptsd
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Survivors aren't primarily angry over the lack of care from abusive & incompetent parents, we’re angry their actions made us think we’re unlovable & worthless.
Our own self-disgust is the living legacy of that trauma. Our homes shaped us, but we reshape ourselves now thru self-compassion. ❤️🩹
#cptsd
Our own self-disgust is the living legacy of that trauma. Our homes shaped us, but we reshape ourselves now thru self-compassion. ❤️🩹
#cptsd
As a childhood trauma survivor, I don’t trust survivors who say they’d “happily” choose the same life again, “because it made them who they are.” The vibe is off, it doesn’t pass the sniff test.
If you ain’t leading w/ the challenges of grieving & acceptance, I see no wisdom in your words.
#cptsd
If you ain’t leading w/ the challenges of grieving & acceptance, I see no wisdom in your words.
#cptsd
November 7, 2025 at 3:34 AM
As a childhood trauma survivor, I don’t trust survivors who say they’d “happily” choose the same life again, “because it made them who they are.” The vibe is off, it doesn’t pass the sniff test.
If you ain’t leading w/ the challenges of grieving & acceptance, I see no wisdom in your words.
#cptsd
If you ain’t leading w/ the challenges of grieving & acceptance, I see no wisdom in your words.
#cptsd
Abandonment trauma metastasizes into every part of our being, there are no "clear margins."
The failure of medical metaphors to capture psychological healing is that recovery is never about "cutting out" - as if we could cut out the past - but about integration & acceptance & self-love.
#cptsd
The failure of medical metaphors to capture psychological healing is that recovery is never about "cutting out" - as if we could cut out the past - but about integration & acceptance & self-love.
#cptsd
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Abandonment trauma metastasizes into every part of our being, there are no "clear margins."
The failure of medical metaphors to capture psychological healing is that recovery is never about "cutting out" - as if we could cut out the past - but about integration & acceptance & self-love.
#cptsd
The failure of medical metaphors to capture psychological healing is that recovery is never about "cutting out" - as if we could cut out the past - but about integration & acceptance & self-love.
#cptsd
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New book day! Really excited to get stuck into this exciting new read on #NarrativeTherapy with older adults, edited by Rosslyn Offord, Elizabeth Field & @pollykaiser.bsky.social 📚
#PsychSky #TherapistSky #TherapistsConnect
#PsychSky #TherapistSky #TherapistsConnect
October 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
New book day! Really excited to get stuck into this exciting new read on #NarrativeTherapy with older adults, edited by Rosslyn Offord, Elizabeth Field & @pollykaiser.bsky.social 📚
#PsychSky #TherapistSky #TherapistsConnect
#PsychSky #TherapistSky #TherapistsConnect
This was more thought provoking than expected. Recovering from trauma w/o family (sometimes w/ family as the abusers) is so damn tough. I really think AI could be a useful bridge by providing the simulacrum of support.
But not sure it works for me...🧵
#cptsd
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/m...
But not sure it works for me...🧵
#cptsd
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/m...
She was lonely and depressed. Her ‘beautiful little AI family’ changed everything. - The Boston Globe
More and more people are turning to artificial intelligence for support, companionship, and even love. There are risks, but some users say it has surprising benefits.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This was more thought provoking than expected. Recovering from trauma w/o family (sometimes w/ family as the abusers) is so damn tough. I really think AI could be a useful bridge by providing the simulacrum of support.
But not sure it works for me...🧵
#cptsd
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/m...
But not sure it works for me...🧵
#cptsd
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/03/m...
Complex trauma is a distortion in self-perception, damaging our sense of worth, our lovability, our ability to act.
If trauma changes self-perception, so does healing. Healing is slippery, we're using the same tool that likes to distort things - our brain. Go slow, progress over perfection.
#cptsd
If trauma changes self-perception, so does healing. Healing is slippery, we're using the same tool that likes to distort things - our brain. Go slow, progress over perfection.
#cptsd
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Complex trauma is a distortion in self-perception, damaging our sense of worth, our lovability, our ability to act.
If trauma changes self-perception, so does healing. Healing is slippery, we're using the same tool that likes to distort things - our brain. Go slow, progress over perfection.
#cptsd
If trauma changes self-perception, so does healing. Healing is slippery, we're using the same tool that likes to distort things - our brain. Go slow, progress over perfection.
#cptsd
Very useful if you're looking to share longer-form posts, or even short stories, blogs, etc.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #lifewriting
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #lifewriting
Leaflet Publications: blogging on Bluesky — version 0.1 is here!
✅ now: make publications, add posts, publish to Bluesky
🗓️ soon: subscribing, commenting & other social features
Try it: leaflet.pub/home
We'd love your feedback & ideas for how we can make this great!
✅ now: make publications, add posts, publish to Bluesky
🗓️ soon: subscribing, commenting & other social features
Try it: leaflet.pub/home
We'd love your feedback & ideas for how we can make this great!
November 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Very useful if you're looking to share longer-form posts, or even short stories, blogs, etc.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #lifewriting
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity #lifewriting
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May you get what you need today, even if you have to give it to yourself.
November 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
May you get what you need today, even if you have to give it to yourself.
It seems Janina Fisher has a new YouTube channel and is doing interviews with some wonderful folks.
The fist interview was with Ruth Cohn who specializes in neglect. Interesting to hear about new research findings in this area.
#IFS #cptsd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=21kp...
The fist interview was with Ruth Cohn who specializes in neglect. Interesting to hear about new research findings in this area.
#IFS #cptsd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=21kp...
Nothing Is Not Nothing: Ruth Cohn on Neglect, Attachment, and the Invisible Wounds of Early Trauma
YouTube video by Janina Fisher, PhD
www.youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
It seems Janina Fisher has a new YouTube channel and is doing interviews with some wonderful folks.
The fist interview was with Ruth Cohn who specializes in neglect. Interesting to hear about new research findings in this area.
#IFS #cptsd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=21kp...
The fist interview was with Ruth Cohn who specializes in neglect. Interesting to hear about new research findings in this area.
#IFS #cptsd
www.youtube.com/watch?v=21kp...
Trauma recovery is kind of a mind f*ck. There’s so much to learn just to *feel pain* – without distraction, diminishment, or dissociation – and then to witness that pain with empathy and acceptance.
All healers are doing truly radical self-work, it can only be viewed as a sacred process. ✨
#cptsd
All healers are doing truly radical self-work, it can only be viewed as a sacred process. ✨
#cptsd
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Trauma recovery is kind of a mind f*ck. There’s so much to learn just to *feel pain* – without distraction, diminishment, or dissociation – and then to witness that pain with empathy and acceptance.
All healers are doing truly radical self-work, it can only be viewed as a sacred process. ✨
#cptsd
All healers are doing truly radical self-work, it can only be viewed as a sacred process. ✨
#cptsd
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Sometimes, in trauma recovery, getting better does not always mean feeling better.
We developed coping skills, distractions & distortions to feel better in the short term, but they didn't heal. Healing doesn't just mean feeling better, it means becoming better at feeling ❤️🩹
We developed coping skills, distractions & distortions to feel better in the short term, but they didn't heal. Healing doesn't just mean feeling better, it means becoming better at feeling ❤️🩹
October 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Sometimes, in trauma recovery, getting better does not always mean feeling better.
We developed coping skills, distractions & distortions to feel better in the short term, but they didn't heal. Healing doesn't just mean feeling better, it means becoming better at feeling ❤️🩹
We developed coping skills, distractions & distortions to feel better in the short term, but they didn't heal. Healing doesn't just mean feeling better, it means becoming better at feeling ❤️🩹