Posted on December 25, 2017
by mychildwithin
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Wishing all you wonderful readers and fellow bloggers a wonderful Christmas (although a little late) and I really hope that you managed to find beauty & love in your surroundings, even if you were grieving or not having such a good time today. If… Continue Reading “Merry Christmas!”
Category: Gratitude, Loneliness, mental health, recovery, UncategorizedTags: christmas loneliness, christmas love, Christmas wishes, cptsd, Depression, grief at christmas, mental health, ptsd
Posted on October 10, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Mental illness has always been a part of my life. Whether it is through my own personal journey, through my family’s or watching friends struggle. Although I haven’t been writing on here much, mental health will always remain a very important cause that I… Continue Reading “World Mental Health Day”
Category: Adversity & support, complex ptsd, mental health, Mental illness, recovery, Resilience, self care, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, avoidant personality disorder, be empathetic, borderline personality disorder, Depression, lets talk about mental health, mental health, Mental illness, personality disorders, psychosis, ptsd, recovery, schizophrenia, world mental health day
Posted on June 26, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Happy Monday dear friends & followers! After a wonderful 10 days off work, celebrating my birthday with friends and exploring new places with my husband, I am feeling grateful and refreshed. Today’s topic is especially important to me, as someone I care about deeply… Continue Reading “High functioning depression”
Category: Adversity & support, Blogging, Coaching tips, Depression, Life tips, mental health, Mental illness, recovery, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Youtube videosTags: adversity, Blogging, Depression, high functioning depression, mental health, mental health awareness, mental health blog, mental health vlog, Mental illness, mild depression, self care, self-awareness, support, the seriousness of mild depression, therapy, vlogging
Posted on May 9, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Ending the stigma of mental health is still proving to be a challenge, although in the UK we are getting ever closer to our goal of a deeper understanding, tolerance & acceptance of the importance of talking about our mental health. As somebody who… Continue Reading “Mental Health Awareness week”
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, Child abuse, Cluster B disorders, Cluster C disorders, Compassion, complex ptsd, Depression, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, People Pleaser Syndrome, recovery, Rejection, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Uncategorized, Youtube videosTags: anxiety, bipolar, Child abuse, cptsd, defence mechanisms, defence mechanisms used by narcissists, Depression, low self-esteem, mental health awareness, mental health week, narcissistic abuse in the family, narcissistic family, narcissistic parents, narcissistic partner, narcissistic personality disorder, personality disorders, ptsd, raising awareness on mental health, selfcare, the black dog
Posted on April 3, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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When you don’t get certain basic needs met in your childhood, there will come a time in your future where you will eventually become awakened to these unmet needs. Although this isn’t the same for everyone, there is usually one feeling which is most… Continue Reading “The loss of what should have been”
Category: Adversity & support, Child abuse, complex ptsd, Depression, grief, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, childhood adversity, childhood trauma, cptsd, Depression, emotional orphans, emotional pain, grief, isolation, loss, one parent families, self care, self compassion, trauma, truth, unmet childhood needs
Posted on March 6, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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You might have heard of the term infantilization but you may not realise how incredibly abusive it is when a parent does this to their child. It is only natural for a growing child to start developing independent thoughts, actions and opinions. For a… Continue Reading “Infantilization”
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, Child abuse, Cluster B disorders, complex ptsd, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, low self-esteem, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Negativity, People Pleaser Syndrome, recovery, Self-reflection & self-awareness, TRAUMA THERAPIES, Youtube videosTags: anxiety, awareness, Child abuse, Depression, engulfing mother, infantilization, low self-esteem, mental health, Narcissistic abuse, narcissistic abuse in the family, narcissistic abuse tactics, narcissistic mother, narcissistic parents, no contact, patreon, patreon funding, personality disorders, recovery, recovery from abuse, suffering, vlogging, youtube video
Posted on February 15, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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As many of you already know, my journey to qualifying as a Life Coach, was based on my own recovery from my narcissistically abusive parents. For those of you who don’t follow my more personal blog, I wanted to just give you a little… Continue Reading “Narcissistic abuse-Trauma bonding with a parent”
Category: Child abuse, complex ptsd, Domestic abuse, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, Youtube videosTags: complex grief, complex ptsd, complex trauma, cptsd, Depression, dissociation, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional relationships, grief, Narcissistic abuse, numbness, overwhelming fear, overwhelming grief, trauma, trauma bonding
Posted on February 8, 2017
by Courage Coaching
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Generalised Anxiety Disorder is a long-term condition that causes you to feel anxious about a wide range of situations and issues, rather than one specific event. People with GAD feel anxious most of the time and often struggle to remember the last time they… Continue Reading “GAD (Generalised Anxiety Disorder)”
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, mental health, Mental illness, recovery, self care, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, ANXIETY DISORDERS, cptsd, Depression, GAD, generalised anxiety disorder, panic disorder, ptsd, social anxiety, social anxiety disorder
Posted on November 29, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Over-thinking an issue or event is a very common coping mechanism for dealing with stress. When there are unresolved issues or stressful situations with more than one possible solution, this is usually what leads to never-ending ruminating. Unfortunately, over-thinking is usually linked to depression… Continue Reading “How to survive over-thinking”
Category: Adversity & support, anxiety, Blogging, Coaching tips, Life (Personal Coaching), Life tips, mental health, Mental illness, Negativity, self care, UncategorizedTags: anxiety, Blogging, cognitive distortions, Depression, generalised anxiety disorder, mental health blog, Mental health blogging, overthinking, ruminating, social anxiety, worrying