by Oli Doyle | Dec 27, 2023 | Narcissistic Abuse, Trauma
Have you ever been in a relationship, at work or in your personal life, that made no sense in hindsight? Maybe you endured things that now make you shudder, complied with things that don’t match your values or made excuses for an abuser who you now despise. How...
by Oli Doyle | Dec 17, 2023 | Mindfulness, Skills For A Great Life, Trauma
Anger comes like a bushfire, ripping through your thought processes and threatening to uproot everything unless you can hold onto something. And if that anger is let loose on the world outside then you will find yourself with a hell of a mess to clean up once the...
by Oli Doyle | Nov 15, 2023 | Trauma
As previously explored here, trauma creates a tangled mess of emotions, sensations, thoughts and nervous system responses that is confusing, disorienting and can make you feel like you’re broken. You are not. Today I want to begin to answer the question What do...
by Oli Doyle | Nov 13, 2023 | Trauma
The experience of trauma, be it abuse, combat, relational trauma or cult involvement, has a predictable effect on a person’s Central Nervous System (CNS). Experiencing either severe or prolonged threats to your safety (including psychological safety)...
by Oli Doyle | Nov 3, 2023 | Trauma
Living inside trauma symptoms can be some kind of twisted nightmare. Everything is upside down, back to front, or just a tangled mess. Small things trigger big reactions you can’t control and there just beneath the surface is a feeling of impending doom. And...
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