Have you ever had an experience with a therapist where you felt like you were entering an incredibly professional, sterile atmosphere (with a couch that you almost expected yourself to be laying on) while you dump out the traumas of your life and hear your therapist respond "yes, tell me more about that", with a neutral, blank look on their face?

Caring about the world while living with C-PTSD can feel like you're being pulled in two different directions. You have a deep awareness of the urgency, injustices, and harm, and then you can also feel your nervous system being stretched thin from past survival. You want to help, you want to remain informed, but you just don't know how to do that without completely depleting yourself.

Healing CPTSD isn’t only an “inside job” Healing from complex trauma (CPTSD) and attachment wounds is deeply personal. A lot of the work happens internally: making sense of your story, learning your triggers, reconnecting with your body, practicing nervous system regulation, and slowly rebuilding self-trust. And just as importantly, healing also happens in connection. Not forced connection. Not “just be more social.” Not rushing into vulnerability before your body feels ready