Does it ever stop…. The pain, the panic, the fear… Just knowing the possibility they may be near? The racing… Read more Withered Healing
Tag: abusive relationship
I Used to Identify as a Trauma Response….
Identity has never been easy for me… My life has been filled with people pushing labels and telling me that… Read more I Used to Identify as a Trauma Response….
mtDNA Day
Happy Mother’s Day, the day we celebrate the person who passed down their mtDNA, or maybe someone else who fills… Read more mtDNA Day
A Heads Up Would Have Been Nice…
No one warns you… About how sometimes the hardest part of healing is actually experiencing positive emotions. About how finally… Read more A Heads Up Would Have Been Nice…
Was he right?
When the PTSD gets bad… So does the gut-wrenching fear that he was right.. That no one else will ever… Read more Was he right?
Tonight Will Be The Night That I Won’t Fall For You…
I think I’ve finally broken to the point of feeling uncomfortable with the uncertainty of where a romantic or sexual… Read more Tonight Will Be The Night That I Won’t Fall For You…
Keep Bleeding…
For those of us who have been traumatized greatly by the people who were supposed to love us, dating isn’t… Read more Keep Bleeding…
I didn’t see them, but they bit me anyways….
I didn’t see them, the bugs, but they bit me anyways…. I suppose that’s what it’s like when we disassociate… Read more I didn’t see them, but they bit me anyways….
I’m Happy You Don’t Know My Hell But…..
Do you know what it’s like? Living with hell inside your head, While everyone is telling you to just get… Read more I’m Happy You Don’t Know My Hell But…..
Take the Lesson, Move On
“Don’t get upset, take the lesson, and move on” Something I said tonight at dinner to my niece, who had… Read more Take the Lesson, Move On