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I'm an adult survivor of child abuse who documents therapy; a yellow brick road to hell.

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Vanillanelle

An ordinary villanelle for an extraordinary friend.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadFebruary 19, 2021February 19, 2021Posted inpoetryTags:art, birthday, ethics, friendship, morals, motherhood, nature, poetry, writing7 Comments on Vanillanelle

Out of the Maze

Change is here.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadFebruary 16, 2021February 19, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:anxiety, brain scan, cptsd, inner critic, mental health, mentalhealth, mri, neurology, parenting, psychology, stress, surgery, therapy, therapy session, trauma9 Comments on Out of the Maze

Life in the Abyss

January was rough.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadFebruary 9, 2021February 10, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:childhood trauma, Christmas, complex ptsd, dissociation, healing, holidays, mental health, psychology, therapy session, touch, trauma16 Comments on Life in the Abyss

Waiting for Godot

I hate waiting.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadJanuary 11, 2021January 12, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:anger, anxiety, car accident, childhood, dissociation, dissociative disorder, family, Lego, memories, mental health, parenting, psychology, shame, speech, speech therapy, trauma, trauma survivor15 Comments on Waiting for Godot

In Defence of Anger

What is it good for?

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadDecember 15, 2020February 16, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:anger, anxiety, cptsd, depression, dissociation, dissociative disorder, flashback, inner critic, mental health, psychology, therapy, therapy session, trauma, trauma survivor7 Comments on In Defence of Anger

Strange Gifts of Hope

Unexpected good moments.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadDecember 13, 2020February 16, 2021Posted inUncategorizedTags:Christmas, compassion, connection, covid, decorations, gardening, gratitude, hope, memories, nature, reminiscing, social distancing7 Comments on Strange Gifts of Hope

Guilty Until Proven Innocent.

Always the black sheep.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadDecember 8, 2020December 13, 2020Posted inmental healthTags:childcare, childhood, cptsd, dissociative disorder, family, medical professionals, memories, mental health, ndis, parenting, psychology, recovered memories, research, science, therapy, therapy session, trauma11 Comments on Guilty Until Proven Innocent.

The Children in Me

When the little parts come to therapy.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadDecember 4, 2020December 4, 2020Posted inmental healthTags:anxiety, childhood, childhood trauma, cptsd, depression, dissociative disorder, flashback, grounding techniques, mindfulness, psychology, shame, therapy, wizard of oz11 Comments on The Children in Me

An Inkling of Hope

When a good therapy session happens.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadNovember 30, 2020December 2, 2020Posted inmental healthTags:betrayal, breakthrough, brene brown, cptsd, highschool, internal family system, psychology, ptsd, shame, therapy session, work11 Comments on An Inkling of Hope

Wait for Me

A poem about parenting with C-PTSD

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadNovember 27, 2020November 29, 2020Posted inpoetryTags:c-ptsd, childhood, cptsd, mental health, motherhood, parenting, parenting with ptsd, poems, poetry, psychology, ptsd12 Comments on Wait for Me

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