by solace | Dec 20, 2024 | Uncategorized
*this information also applies to Social Anxiety, Anxiety, and other diagnoses in which previous trauma plays a role. The short answer our symptoms may or may not go away, but we can get learn to navigate them easier, hopefully recover quicker when triggered, and more...
by solace | Oct 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Memoirs as Trauma Therapy The first ‘trauma’ memoir I read was, Piece of Cake, by Cupcake Brown. Some parts of her story parallel mine, and some are very different. Through her words, I began to imagine what it might be like to tell my own story. Reading her book was...
by solace | Jul 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Adult Children (grown adults exposed to abuse as a child) often spent our entire childhoods being gaslit: being told we shouldn’t cry or be upset, that nothing was wrong, and that things didn’t happen the way we thought they did. We were coerced into doubting our...
by solace | Jul 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
While we live in a society in which academic and career achievement are prized, there are times in life when it’s okay to be naïve, inconsistent, or flat out wrong. Not only is it okay to be these things, doing so allows us to learn. It seems logical that in...
