Send us a textEducating and empowering both victims and survivors on physical abuse, from what it's like in its covert stage, to how it escalates. The emotional and body sensations that will clue you in on understanding you're being abused and the lasting effects physical abuse has on the victim. How do we heal from physical abuse? Find out here and let's explore this topic together! *Explicit material marked because I couldn't resist addressing the physical abuser and calling them a piece of s***. Otherwise, it's clean. Reading an excerpt from my article on covert abuse. Link here https://defeatingchildhoodtrauma.com/covert-abuse-7-types-you-need-to-know/https://linktr.ee/defeating_childhood_trauma
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What is Mental Abuse?
Send us a textExploring mental abuse from covert stage, to how it escalates, and the lasting effects of this type of abuse - which is the most insidious abuse of all. Learn the basic makeup of the mental abuser and which emotions and body sensations will clue you in on knowing when you're being mentally abused. Reading an excerpt from my article, Covert Abuse: 7 Types You Need to Know. Link here. https://defeatingchildhoodtrauma.com/covert-abuse-7-types-you-need-to-know/https://linktr.ee/defeating_childhood_trauma
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What is Emotional Abuse?
Send us a textKicking off this brand new series talking about covert abuse, how each escalates, and the lasting effects of each one. In this one we are talking about emotional abuse. The emotional abuser is self-absorbed and emotionally immature. From emotional neglect to full contempt, find out the indicators for emotional abuse and how to heal from it. Also reading an excerpt from my article on covert abuse, link here. https://defeatingchildhoodtrauma.com/covert-abuse-7-types-you-need-to-know/https://linktr.ee/defeating_childhood_trauma
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The Man Who Survived a 35 Year Abusive Marriage
Send us a textMeet Steve, a man who married a woman with borderline personality disorder and endured 35 years of abuse. He shares his story to help raise awareness on how men can also be abused. He also shares how he recovered from debilitating trauma thanks to a new treatment called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS). Find out what TMS is and how it works!Also check out Steve's TikTok where he has documented his progress from the first treatment to his thirtieth. https://www.tiktok.com/@wainwrightsteve65https://linktr.ee/defeating_childhood_trauma
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7 Years in Coercive Control: Interview with Advocate, Lady Storm
Send us a textBecause nothing gives us a deeper understanding of...well, everything than when people share their lived experiences I invited my advocate friend, Lady Storm to share her experience of being in a coercive control relationship. Listen as she walks us through each stage that she endured and finally, how she escaped. From victim to survivor to healer. Check out her site.https://linktr.ee/ladystormhealinghttps://linktr.ee/defeating_childhood_trauma
Providing much-needed education on the truth about the abuser's culture, who they are, what they do, and how to heal our trauma. I tell the truth about the Cluster B disorders: NPD, BPD, HPD, and ASPD without making apologies for them. I'm here to help my Complex-PTSD community and domestic abuse survivors, NOT those who caused the trauma. Each episode we discuss various abuses the Cluster Bs inflict, the ongoing problems you may have as a result of being raised by one of them, and the science.