As much as I dislike watching the news and tend to limit what I take in, it is increasingly difficult to not be affected by the constant bombardment of war footage, terrorist attacks, murder and suffering. When you are a highly sensitive & empathetic… Continue Reading “The aftermath of a traumatic incident”
Category: Adversity & support, Blogging, Coaching tips, Compassion, complex ptsd, grief, Life tips, mental health, recovery, Resilience, self care, Self-reflection & self-awareness, Youtube videosTags: anxiety, brutality, coping mechanisms, coping with trauma, disbelief, fear, life threatening, living with trauma, post traumatic stress, self care, stress, terrorism, terrorist attacks, the aftermath of trauma, threat to your life, trauma, trauma brain, trauma survivors, traumatic incident, violence, war, witnessing violence, worry
Posted on September 26, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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Trauma happens to all of us..We all go through life with a few small traumas. Most of the time, small traumas or small losses don’t leave emotional scars. We just keep going and adjust to whatever life throws at us. If on the other… Continue Reading “Trauma is a loss, so it must be grieved”
Category: Mental illness, TRAUMA THERAPIES, UncategorizedTags: Child abuse, childhood trauma, complex trauma, cptsd, grief, loss, Mental illness, trauma, trauma brain
Posted on August 9, 2016
by Courage Coaching
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As a survivor of narcissistic abuse, and in honour of some of my followers who are also survivors of abuse, I want to do a short but very important post today about the unfortunate shaming & silencing that happens to survivors. It is absolutely… Continue Reading “It is wrong to silence survivors of abuse”
Category: Child abuse, Compassion, Dysfuntional relationships, Emotional abuse, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic abuse syndrome, UncategorizedTags: abuse survivors, abuse victims, bullying, childhood trauma, complex post traumatic stress, complex trauma, cptsd, Depression, dysfunctional family, dysfunctional relationships, Emotional abuse, incest, low self-esteem, mental health, Mental illness, Narcissistic abuse, physical abuse, ptsd, re-traumatising, sexual abuse, show empathy, stop shaming survivors, stop silencing survivors of abuse, trauma, trauma brain