The Paradox Of Regressed And Mature Traits In CPTSD
Complex trauma can leave you highly capable in some areas and suddenly vulnerable in others. Explore why mature and younger-feeling traits can coexist in CPTSD.
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Complex Trauma & Nervous System
Articles on everyday coping patterns, emotional regulation and complex trauma, with space for the wider circumstances of each person’s life.
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Complex Trauma, Disordered Eating and Food Addiction
Lisa Bardell explores food, comfort, control and shame, and how trauma can be part of the wider picture of disordered eating and difficult food patterns.
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Pleasure Seeking Is A Complex Trauma Response Which Makes True Happiness Harder To Find
Lisa Bardell explores the difference between quick relief and lasting nourishment, and how pleasure seeking may relate to unmet needs and complex trauma.
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Procrastination Is Caused By Complex Trauma Not Laziness
Lisa Bardell explores fear, shame and perfectionism behind procrastination, while recognising other possible causes and the value of small first steps.
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Under Earning Is Caused By Complex Trauma
Lisa Bardell explores visibility, self-worth, family loyalty and receiving payment, alongside the practical and structural pressures that affect earning.
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Avoidance Is Shrinking Your Life
Explore how avoidance can gradually narrow everyday life, the difference between safety and old threat, and the possibility of small, tolerable steps.
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