Tag: C-PTSD

A woman sits alone in a dimly lit room, facing away, symbolizing emotional disconnection and the pain of being stonewalled in a relationship.

Learning What Love Is Not

May 22, 2025 No Comments

Drawn to the Closed Door I’ve come to understand something about myself, and it’s both painful and clarifying: I gravitate toward people who use silence

Silhouette of a person sitting alone, hugging their knees, symbolizing emotional vulnerability.

Destabilize Me, Then Call Me Unstable

May 17, 2025 No Comments

When “Are You Okay?” Is a Warning, a Call-Out, Not Care Historically, my sister would frequently corner me and ask, “Are you okay?” But it

Text on a blue background reads: “Narcissistic parents make it nearly impossible for family members to maintain a relationship with their scapegoat child. They use every form of manipulation to ensure this child is shunned and ostracized from the family.”

It Has Broken Me

May 4, 2025 No Comments

The Cycle Wins~ It has been deeply painful to not only have been judged from my earliest days, for my senstivity, my overwhelm, my limits,

Abandoned umbrella on the ground in a storm, symbolizing isolation and unmanaged pain

The Pain from the Pain

May 1, 2025 No Comments

Today, my back hurts—badly. But the pain itself is only the beginning. Almost immediately, I feel panic. That’s my second skin, my automatic response to