Feats of Strength 💙 Trauma Healing
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#cPTSD #recovery ❤️🩹 Recovering from trauma is among the most heroic things we can do. We can heal. Personal thoughts on mental health & strength training w/a touch of science 🏋🏾🏋🏻 🖋️ scribendo cogito "I think by writing" #lifewriting
Imagine treating yourself with the same patience & understanding you might offer someone you genuinely care for. Root for yourself, even if its just for today. Even if its only the next moment. We have influence over our next thought, start there. #cptsd
Imagine treating yourself with the same patience & understanding you might offer someone you genuinely care for. Root for yourself, even if its just for today. Even if its only the next moment. We have influence over our next thought, start there. #cptsd
Trauma can teach us to deny our real emotions by misnaming them. For years, I thought I was "jealous" of other folks' loving parents. What I actually felt was grief, the pain of never having. But trauma taught me to shame myself for needing the very things I was denied: care & protection. #cptsd
Trauma can teach us to deny our real emotions by misnaming them. For years, I thought I was "jealous" of other folks' loving parents. What I actually felt was grief, the pain of never having. But trauma taught me to shame myself for needing the very things I was denied: care & protection. #cptsd
A major recovery challenge is forgiving ourselves for what we didn't know back then. Or not doing what we couldn’t do. Those memories will trigger a dump truck of shame & it'll all feel justified. Of course, it's all BS, trauma's deception. Forgive your past self, that kid deserves it. ❤️🩹 #cptsd
A major recovery challenge is forgiving ourselves for what we didn't know back then. Or not doing what we couldn’t do. Those memories will trigger a dump truck of shame & it'll all feel justified. Of course, it's all BS, trauma's deception. Forgive your past self, that kid deserves it. ❤️🩹 #cptsd
#WritersAnvil: No one knows despair like an only child growing up with abusive and neglectful parents. Truly, no one hears you cry - you just don't matter. As we grow, we'll lean hard into just trying to matter. This can lead us down the darkest of paths. #cptsd #lifewriting
#WritersAnvil: No one knows despair like an only child growing up with abusive and neglectful parents. Truly, no one hears you cry - you just don't matter. As we grow, we'll lean hard into just trying to matter. This can lead us down the darkest of paths. #cptsd #lifewriting
Stewart recalled: "I saw the self-loathing of my father, due to his inability to control his violent outbursts. I saw society, police, doctors and neighbours conspire to hide the abuse with comments like: ‘She must have provoked him.'" www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
‘His honesty gave courage to survivors’: domestic abuse charities praise Patrick Stewart’s legacy
Actor shared his childhood experiences as part of an Amnesty International campaign on violence against women
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People who've lost hope do not necessarily need to be told to find it. We may need someone to help create the conditions in which hope becomes possible again. But I will never downplay the importance of curiosity, self-trust, and even some spite-healing in the recovery process. ❤️🩹 #cptsd #makeitso
Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Boosexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE)@shengokai.blacksky.app · 6d ago“I've found that even in the darkest circumstances, there is a light. Sometimes only a glimmer. Trust that light. Find a way back. No matter what it takes.” - Jean-Luc Picard, Picard S3 “Two of One.” May you forever be honored in Sto’vo’kor.
Stewart recalled: "I saw the self-loathing of my father, due to his inability to control his violent outbursts. I saw society, police, doctors and neighbours conspire to hide the abuse with comments like: ‘She must have provoked him.'" www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
‘His honesty gave courage to survivors’: domestic abuse charities praise Patrick Stewart’s legacy
Actor shared his childhood experiences as part of an Amnesty International campaign on violence against women
theguardian.com
People who've lost hope do not necessarily need to be told to find it. We may need someone to help create the conditions in which hope becomes possible again. But I will never downplay the importance of curiosity, self-trust, and even some spite-healing in the recovery process. ❤️🩹 #cptsd #makeitso
Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Boosexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE)@shengokai.blacksky.app · 6d ago“I've found that even in the darkest circumstances, there is a light. Sometimes only a glimmer. Trust that light. Find a way back. No matter what it takes.” - Jean-Luc Picard, Picard S3 “Two of One.” May you forever be honored in Sto’vo’kor.
Many trauma survivors have extraordinary "discipline"—we molded & twisted ourselves in many ways just to survive. We've learned to turn every single part of being human into a test of discipline. Healing is mostly replacing self-control with self-compassion & self-trust. ❤️🩹 #cptsd
Many trauma survivors have extraordinary "discipline"—we molded & twisted ourselves in many ways just to survive. We've learned to turn every single part of being human into a test of discipline. Healing is mostly replacing self-control with self-compassion & self-trust. ❤️🩹 #cptsd
Suicide research often focuses on the "imitation effect," where media reports on suicide increases suicide rates. But there is also the *Papageno Effect,* showing media can play a protective role in preventing suicide by tell stories of overcoming suicidal crises. #cptsd tinyurl.com/3a9c3fzc
Effects of media stories of hope and recovery on suicidal ideation and help-seeking attitudes and intentions: systematic review and meta-analysis
Media narratives of hope and recovery from suicidal crises appear to have a beneficial effect on suicidal ideation in individuals with some vulnerability, but there is insufficient evidence regarding ...
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Suicide research often focuses on the "imitation effect," where media reports on suicide increases suicide rates. But there is also the *Papageno Effect,* showing media can play a protective role in preventing suicide by tell stories of overcoming suicidal crises. #cptsd tinyurl.com/3a9c3fzc
Effects of media stories of hope and recovery on suicidal ideation and help-seeking attitudes and intentions: systematic review and meta-analysis
Media narratives of hope and recovery from suicidal crises appear to have a beneficial effect on suicidal ideation in individuals with some vulnerability, but there is insufficient evidence regarding ...
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Excellent read, IMO. Covers a lot of ground, from silence, to AI’s sycophancy, to the weight of actual human presence. FWIW, I see my recovery as gaining skills to be fully human with other humans. AI could play a role (?), but those roles could be humans too. #cptsd tinyurl.com/3yr4a2k5
The Dead Silence of AI Therapy
What happens when our therapists are no longer able to feel?
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The social taboo around suicide doesn't just silence conversations. It can teach us to silence ourselves – to look away from our own painful thoughts rather than investigate them with compassion & curiosity. Self-silencing shame plays no role in self-compassionate inquiry or recovery. #cptsd
The social taboo around suicide doesn't just silence conversations. It can teach us to silence ourselves – to look away from our own painful thoughts rather than investigate them with compassion & curiosity. Self-silencing shame plays no role in self-compassionate inquiry or recovery. #cptsd
Work (in education) brought me to Japan for the summer. The mountains were great, the digital detox was nice too. I'm still a work in progress, but I'm proud of my growth in the past few years. Healing is possible. #cptsd
Found this insightful. The history on the 80s "SSRI revolution" & pushback on the "chemical imbalance" model of depression was interesting. Happy to hear what other folks think. #cptsd www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvcz...
Why We Can’t Stop Arguing About S.S.R.I.s | 'The Opinions' Podcast
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Trauma recovery asks us to fall in love w/ ourselves-- but not in a superficial or narcissistic sense. It asks us to fall in real love with ourselves-- love based on deep authenticity, visibility, & commitment. The kind of love that is more behavior than feeling. Agape, not eros.
What’s more infuriating to a survivor than someone mistaking privilege for discipline, a safe upbringing for courage, or shaming others as wisdom? Remember, their misunderstanding doesn't erase what we survived, what happened to us mattered. Their privilege doesn't diminish our strength. ❤️🩹 #cptsd
What’s more infuriating to a survivor than someone mistaking privilege for discipline, a safe upbringing for courage, or shaming others as wisdom? Remember, their misunderstanding doesn't erase what we survived, what happened to us mattered. Their privilege doesn't diminish our strength. ❤️🩹 #cptsd
Every moment of self-compassion is a step towards recovery. Be kind to yourself, always. ❤️🩹 I’ll be taking a break for a bit 🙏🏼. Still working my recovery, day at a time.
One of the cruelties of trauma recovery is realizing that perfection was never going to make our childhoods whole. We were deceived, perhaps for decades - most of recovery is acceptance and grieving. The light: We have a chance to build a life now, based on the values we choose. #cptsd
One of the cruelties of trauma recovery is realizing that perfection was never going to make our childhoods whole. We were deceived, perhaps for decades - most of recovery is acceptance and grieving. The light: We have a chance to build a life now, based on the values we choose. #cptsd
