Chronic Ptsd

An unlikely self-love story between a broken girl and her strange brain. Using a refreshing, unexpected, and clever combination of self-deprecation and profound insightfulness, Cindy Robinson shares the story of how her ADHD, OCD, and childhood trauma aided both in her downfall as well as her ultimate triumph. Her humorous and heartfelt vignettes invite you to walk alongside her as she attempts to prove she’s “normal” (and fails repeatedly). Determined not to give up on herself, she ultimately finds solace in a surprising place... her strangeness. Witness her artfully blossom from ...

Still Feeling Anxious, Wired, and Exhausted? The Problem Isn’t You—It’s Your Nervous System You’ve checked every box—meditation, supplements, mindset hacks— …but the fatigue, tension, and emotional rollercoaster keep coming back. You’re not broken. Your nervous system is simply dysregulated—and it can be gently reset. ✨ Imagine this instead... You wake up rested—not bracing for the day. Your digestion flows. Your breath softens. You feel calm, present, and finally at home in your body. Welcome to Vagus Nerve Made Easy: A gentle, science-backed guide offers a simple yet...

Are you ready to heal from past traumas, manage PTSD, and break free from negative thinking? Your Somatic Therapy Toolbox is a transformative guide designed to help adults of all ages harness the power of somatic therapy to promote emotional and physical healing. This book is for everyone, regardless of your past experiences or current struggles. This workbook is not just a theoretical guide. It combines mindfulness, body-based practices, and self-compassion to take you on a practical journey to reconnect with your body and mind. It offers tools that you can use in your daily life to ...

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER From renowned mental health expert and speaker Dr. Gabor Maté, this acclaimed, bestselling guide provides insight into the mind-body link between illness and health, and the critical role that stress and our emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases. In this...

You have been told you're too sensitive, too reactive, too difficult. This book explains why, and names what actually happened to you. If you are a neurodivergent adult who has spent years being told that your emotional responses are disproportionate, your difficulties in relationships are a personality issue, and your struggles are of your own making, this book is for you. Complex PTSD does not require a single catastrophic event. For neurodivergent people with ADHD, autism, AuDHD, or PDA profiles, it can develop through something less visible and far more sustained: years of chronic ...

In the house where she grew up, everything bad was her fault by decree. If she got sick, her fault. If she was robbed, her fault. If a storm knocked out the television signal, somehow that traced back to her too. There was never a trial — only a verdict, handed down before she could speak, and a lifetime spent serving it. The Scapegoat is the true story of a woman who survived a narcissistic family from her first breath to deep into adulthood — and the quiet, final day she chose to walk away to save her own life. Told in unflinching first person, this is the memoir of a daughter raised ...

Are you or someone you know struggling with the debilitating effects of PTSD and desperately seeking a way to find emotional stability and peace of mind? If so, "PTSD Solutions" is your essential guide to regaining control of your life and breaking free from the grip of trauma-induced anxiety, depression, stress, flashbacks, triggers, and insomnia. 🌟 the Path to Healing: This comprehensive guide is your roadmap to healing. It combines evidence-based therapeutic approaches like EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) with holistic ...

Unlock lasting healing through the power of the vagus nerve—the bestselling guide to understanding how vagus nerve dysfunction and trauma impact inflammation, emotional health, autoimmune disease, and more With practical exercises and body-based tools for regulating your nervous system...

In this book, three leading researchers and clinicians share what they have learned from treating and studying chronically traumatized individuals across more than 65 years of collective experience. Based on the theory of structural dissociation of the personality in combination with a Janetian psychology of action, the authors have developed a model of phase-oriented treatment that focuses on the identification and treatment of structural dissociation and related maladaptive mental and behavioral actions.

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR A CALM NEW YEAR! Stop letting stress hijack your body. Discover the science-backed switch to turn off anxiety and turn on healing—in just minutes a day. Have you tried everything to calm your racing mind, fix your digestion, or boost your energy, only to feel more frustrated? You’ve downloaded the meditation apps, bought the expensive supplements, and tried the trendy routines, yet you still wake up feeling on edge, bloated, or exhausted. It is easy to feel like your body is fighting against you, or worse, that these symptoms are "all in your head." But you aren’t...

It might feel impossible to live without the burden of constant stress or the pain of traumatic memories. For many the coping mechanisms they’ve managed to develop are all they have. The remarkable resilience of trauma survivors goes a long way, but the path to deeply healing is something we’re still discovering. The innovative approach of Polyvagal Theory marks a new milestone in our understanding. It’s not just about how to live with the burden of your past…

Personal Transformation Based on Mindfulness and Self-Compassion What's your most important goal? Why does it matter so deeply? How will you overcome the obstacles? Answer these questions with sincerity, proceed with mindfulness and compassion, and you have just set in motion a revolutionary...

Two Transformative Books in One Powerful Guide! In How to Heal Trauma, you're getting the complete, full-length editions of both Heal Your Inner Child and Somatic Therapy Solution—seamlessly combined into one comprehensive healing resource. Whether you're beginning your healing journey or deepening the work you've already started, this 2-in-1 compilation offers practical tools, compassionate guidance, and step-by-step support to help you reclaim your emotional freedom, resilience, and joy. If you're carrying emotional wounds, persistent anxiety, chronic pain, or self-doubt, you've ...

From the premier expert on psychedelic research, a groundbreaking exploration of how psychedelics may unlock long-held mysteries of the mind, and how these revelations can be used to treat the most crippling of mental illnesses We are living through a psychedelic renaissance, a moment when...

Your jaw is clenched. Your chest is tight. You have been running on adrenaline so long that you have forgotten what calm actually feels like. You try to relax, but your body will not cooperate. This is not a willpower problem. It is a nervous system that has been stuck in survival mode, and no amount of thinking your way through it will change that. The Nervous System Regulation Workbook gives you 100 body-based exercises to work with your nervous system instead of against it. Grounded in polyvagal theory, somatic practices, and current research on stress physiology, this workbook helps you...

For readers of The Body Keeps the Score and What Happened to You?, trauma-informed practitioner and Instagram phenomenon “The Workout Witch,” Liz Tenuto, presents the ultimate guide to using somatic exercise to release tension, regulate the nervous system, and facilitate healing, drawing on...

The stress of painful past experiences is more than just a memory. It can cause you to avoid certain people or places, affect your emotions, even your trust in people. This makes the most important relationships in life harder to maintain. You’ve likely gotten this far by creating your own coping mechanisms. Maybe even done the work of understanding your past. But we can understand our past mentally, and still feel the pain of trauma. Because the body doesn’t forget. Some pain has to be worked through at a deeper level.

From Vagus nerve expert and the voice behind @repairing_the_nervous_system, this extraordinary book provides a cutting-edge program to heal your nervous system. "Groundbreaking." —Maggie Dent, bestselling author of Mothering Our Boys Most of us have heard of the mind-body connection, but did...

A practical, integrated approach for therapists working with child and adult patients impacted by developmental trauma and attachment difficulties—featuring a foreword by Waking the Tiger author, Peter Levine. Kathy L. Kain and Stephen J. Terrell draw on fifty years of their combined clinical...

Parentification. The fawn response. Hyper-responsibility. The strong one. The fixer. If these terms stop you cold, this compact guide was written for you. This companion to Atlas Complex: Why Your Body Is Breaking Down and Your Guilt Never Stops—A New Understanding of Trauma That Looks Like Strength distills the essential framework of the Atlas complex into a format you can absorb in a single sitting. A handbook that traces how narcissistic abuse, intergenerational trauma, and childhood emotional neglect forge lifelong patterns of chronic guilt, perfectionism, imposter syndrome, and ...