Childhood Trauma

A simple car accident changed the path of six-year-old Sean Rogers’ life forever. His single mother checked into the hospital as a vibrant young woman and checked out as a full-blown opioid addict. From that day forward, Sean’s life became a silent nightmare of abuse, neglect, chronic hunger, and slow, helpless withdrawal from everything and everyone he loved.

He's a reclusive writer whose imagination creates chilling horror novels. She's a down-on-her-luck actress reduced to staging kids' puppet shows. He knows a dozen ways to kill his characters with his bare hands. She knows a dozen ways to kill an audience with laughs. But she's not laughing now.

On the eve of World War I, the wily Sebastian Cleavor is called to the mysterious Valley, a prosperous rural community located in the heart of California’s Wine Country. Sebastian hopes to make his fortune in the Valley, but he must contend with the powerful Garson family, who have farmed the land for generations.Sebastian brings with him two daughters. The eldest, Victoria, hopes to emulate her father. But the younger daughter, Evelyn, connects with the Valley on a spiritual level. Evelyn immediately catches the attention of two younger men. There’s Thomas Garson, the sweet-natured son...

Do you feel insecure, jealous, or anxious in your relationships? Do you have a deep fear that people will abandon you? Have you stayed in a toxic situation because you didn't believe you deserved better? If so, you may have an anxious attachment style—a way of coping with difficult situations or emotions that is often rooted in an adverse childhood experience (ACE), such as neglect or abuse. Fortunately, there are ways to heal this anxious attachment, and even transform it into an earned secure attachment.

With poignant prose and a deeply authentic personal story, this harrowing account exposes the stark and painful realities of childhood abuse, painting a heart-breaking picture of the lasting pain and fear that it inflicts on its victims. Spanning 30 years, in this coming-of-age memoir, author Christina Vitagliano recounts in vivid detail the frightening nights spent when her father loomed in the doorway of her bedroom, along with the psychological toll that the relentless familial abuse took on her psyche.

From a young age, Layla Salek has experienced some people as colors—her mother brown, her father green, her husband rainbow. As she notes, sometimes, when words fail, colors speak. Chaos in Color is the captivating story of Layla’s journey from childhood to adulthood with a mother who suffered from untreated bipolar disorder. Each chapter paints a vivid, heartbreaking picture of the abuse, neglect, and trauma that she experienced as she grew up at the mercy of her mother’s bipolar swings, an incompetent mental health system, and the strangers with whom she was often left.

Boundaries are our way of setting limitations and rules around us in order to protect ourselves. This is crucial for inner child healing as we reparent and protect our wounded inner child. Drawing from the principles of inner child healing, this book offers a step-by-step approach to establishing and nurturing six essential boundaries. Boundaries for Inner Child Healing offers practical guidance, actionable strategies, and real-life examples to help you navigate the complexities of boundary setting and maintenance.

Are you ready to embark on a transformative journey of healing and resilience? "Childhood Trauma Healing" is your essential guide to navigating the complexities of childhood trauma and finding pathways to recovery. This comprehensive book delves deep into the various forms of childhood trauma. You'll gain a thorough understanding of how these traumatic experiences shape brain development, affect physical health, and influence social relationships.

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Introduced in ORCHIDS FOR ROSES, Ysonde Gaudreau's early years are revealed in BOUQUETS AND MOTORCYCLES. It tells how she became ward to her grandparents and how they loved the wildness out of her, until Ysonde's terrorist mother decides she wants sole custody of her daughter again. Even if it means destroying her own family. Eight-year-old Ysonde Gaudreau doesn't remember anything before she lived with her grandparents and Cousin Bernard. But the haunting nightmare that plague her nights hint at the abuse and neglect she'd suffered while her mother rampaged through Québec. While expelled ...

Shadows of Silence: Healing From Childhood Emotional Neglect is a compassionate and transformative guide for anyone who has experienced the silent wounds of neglect, abandonment, and emotional deprivation during their formative years. Emotional neglect, though often invisible, can leave deep scars that affect self-worth, relationships, and overall well-being well into adulthood. This book offers a powerful combination of reflections and actionable strategies designed to help you overcome the lingering effects of childhood emotional neglect.

Most people are familiar with PTSD. But many have not heard of complex PTSD and developmental trauma disorder. As adults, many of us experience symptoms of anxiety and depression. We feel chronically stressed. We have trouble trusting others, or we may even experience feelings of paranoia in our relationships with others. We struggle to define what it is that is bothering us, and we struggle to find ways effective ways to treat it.

Inner child healing is a crucial part of recovering from childhood trauma. I commend you on taking this step toward working on comforting and healing the wounded inner child within you. In Powerful Journaling for Inner Child Healing Part II, soft, calming narration guides you through a second set of powerful, in-depth prompts that are meant to help you remember, feel, and work through the tough parts of your past.

A startling new study in human consciousness, The Myth of Sanity is a landmark book about forgotten trauma, dissociated mental states, and multiple personality in everyday life. In its groundbreaking analysis of childhood trauma and dissociation and their far-reaching implications in adult life, it reveals that moderate dissociation is a normal mental reaction to pain and that even the most extreme dissociative reaction—multiple personality—is more common than we think.

Valentine Monroe's riveting reflection begins in the 1940s in New York. She and her mother flee to Texas after Valentine is severely injured by her babysitter's boyfriend. Traumatized and vulnerable, she is inspired by stalwart Aunt Nona's love and guidance. Believing that trouble is in the past, she is blindsided by devastating loss and a subsequent abduction attempt. Feeling powerless over her future as a helpless target for evil, she is haunted and weighed down by her past. Once she refuses to be a pathetic, joyless victim, she sets on a path of healing and renewal determined to break ...

"The Keeper: A Story of Love, Healing, and Redemption" Dr. Christopher Seacrest was the epitome of success - a renowned surgeon with a perfect life. But when he meets Caitlin Rosenberry, a seemingly insignificant post-stroke patient, his carefully crafted façade begins to crumble. Fate brings them together time and time again, leading to a chain of events that will change their lives forever. As Dr. Seacrest finds himself falling for Caitlin, she pushes him away, determined to never see him again. But as their paths continue to cross, he can no longer ignore his own emotional healing. ...

The depth or imaginal psychotherapy is highly effective in treating and assessing adult survivors of childhood abuse. Specifically, interventions that use dreams, symbols, and metaphor, as well as expressive art techniques, are deemed especially valuable as they address dissociative changes. By assessing specific depth psychological aspects of the individual’s shattered sense of self, a more focused and efficient treatment plan can be created sooner in the course of therapy. Discover more with Brain Healing and Trauma.

I wrote this book because it is the book that I needed when I started my journey to both understanding and overcoming my traumatic past. When I started I never expected what it would become. The short version is this: I come from a dark place, my ACE score is 10, and I attempted to take my own life twice, not to mention being morbidly obese and a drug addict at 12 years old. Today, I am happy, healthy, and driven towards being my best self every day. Why? Because I choose to Think Unbroken.

Mrs. Hallelujah shares how the childhood trauma that kept her bound for years vanished at the sound of praise! Find out how it’s done in this dramatic rendition of Praise No Matter What Happens. Praise opens the door and allows God to fill the inner depths of the heart. Imagine what this one principle can do for your life, your health, and the people you come in contact with every day. May it motivate and affirm a way of thinking about God beyond the unfortunate events you face, for He is the answer to every problem no matter what happens.

This guide is a powerful tool for women ready to heal their inner child, though it may speak to anyone seeking emotional wellness. You don’t need to know about psychology or have experience with therapy. Easy-to-follow instructions for using shadow work and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) will start you on your own immersive healing experience.