Most of us probably grew up with overbearing parents — those rescuer parents who always saved us from “uncomfortable” circumstances. And we were often taught that their overbearing nature and coddling ways…
Tag: trauma
6 Experiences A Childhood Trauma Therapist Wishes She Could Give Every Survivor
Our childhood can make or break us — and nobody knows this better than Morgan Pommells. Pommells is a childhood trauma therapist who made waves this past summer when she shared 12…
Motherhood Completely Changed For Me After I Followed These 4 Moms Online
My motherhood journey has been a typical case of “pride goeth before a fall.” 16 years ago, pregnant with my first at age 26, I was confident parenting — just like everything…
6 Toxic Coping Mechanisms That Only Made My Trauma Worse
“Is he ok?” I slowly opened my eyes to see two women bent down, looking at me with concern. I’d collapsed in an alley after drinking myself into oblivion and was now…
Child-Free Woman At A Loss After Infertile Sister-in-Law Calls Her Marriage ‘A Waste’ Because They Won’t Have Kids
A woman who is child-free by choice is at a loss after an argument erupted with her sister-in-law, who struggles with infertility. Her story puts the stigma against both situations into stark…
10 Things People With Emotional Wounds Do Without Even Realizing
Whether it’s because of heartbreak from the end of a relationship, grief from the death of a loved one, or unhealed childhood trauma, emotional wounds make us do things we normally wouldn’t….
The Common Phrase People With Unresolved Childhood Trauma Say Without Even Realizing It
Have you ever said, “It wasn’t that bad” about childhood trauma, abandonment, or neglect — your own or someone else’s? That simple phrase could be telling you something important about your past. It certainly did…
The One Thing You Have To Change Completely Once Your Baby Becomes A Teen
Childhood trauma is a hot topic lately — and for good reason. Our cultural awakening to the ways in which what happened to us as children makes us the way we are…