Tag: hypervigilance

Generalized Anxiety vs. PTSD Anxiety

Posted on July 14, 2018 by MJ

I have devoted a lot of space on this blog to writing about PTSD, C+PTSD, and healing from trauma. I’ve been honest about my own journey towards wholeness. What I share here is an attempt to elucidate the emotional experience behind C+PTSD in specific… Continue Reading “Generalized Anxiety vs. PTSD Anxiety”

Category: abuse in families, anxiety, Complex PTSD, domestic abuse, emotional abuse, Healing, human trafficking, mental health, PTSD, traits in victims, traumaTags: anxiety related to trauma, Complex PTSD, generalized anxiety, healing from PTSD, hypervigilance, mindfulness and trauma, PTSD, trauma, trauma recovery

Lunch with My Mother

Posted on April 10, 2018 by MJ

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Well, I did it. I saw my mother and stepfather. I wasn’t nervous at all until about an hour before I had to leave, and then it hit me. I was suddenly scared that she was going to be unkind to me. I was… Continue Reading “Lunch with My Mother”

Category: Borderline Personality Disorder, Healing, Mothers, Moving Forward, relationshipsTags: borderline mother, healing process, hypercritical environments, hypervigilance, reconciliation, recovering from abuse

Big Ideas in A Little Poem

Posted on September 7, 2017 by MJ

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When you are a parent, partner, and all-around Make It Happen person, it can feel like there is no room for “flow” or peace. When the buck stops with you, you never stop running, anticipating, planning, deciding, problem solving, observing, fixing, and repairing. That’s… Continue Reading “Big Ideas in A Little Poem”

Category: mental health, personal development, PTSD, traits in victimsTags: healing from PTSD, hypervigilance, letting go, maladaptive coping strategies, personal development, Reverend Safire Rose

The Great California Shenanigan

Posted on August 30, 2017 by MJ

Your Narrative Brain and Trauma Recovery

Posted on September 17, 2016 by MJ

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I’ve been thinking about the idea of catastrophizing and feeling suspicious. Both of these fall under the larger heading of hypervigilance. Bear with me as I explain this because it’s very important. What is hypervigilance? It’s “an enhanced state of sensory sensitivity accompanied by… Continue Reading “Your Narrative Brain and Trauma Recovery”

Category: mental health, personal development, PTSD, traumaTags: catastrophizing, healing from trauma, healing process, hypervigilance, narrative brain, PTSD

Getting Triggered

Posted on May 30, 2016 by MJ

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I thought I might document what a triggered response looks like. Why? Well, for a few reasons. I have PTSD of the long-term variety. I wish it were acute, but it isn’t. I can contain like a pro. I can hide my emotional suffering… Continue Reading “Getting Triggered”

Category: amygdala, coping strategies, mental health, PTSD, traumaTags: Complex PTSD, fight or flight, healing process, hypervigilance, PTSD, trauma, triggers