Have you ever been emotionally blackmailed or manipulated? Felt like your feelings have been taken hostage? Learn how to set boundaries to protect yourself and preserve your identity against emotional blackmail and manipulation.
If you found this video interesting you may also want to check out some of our recent blog posts on dealing with problematic relationships and relationship responses. See the post about how to stop comparing yourself to others, abandoholism, ending toxic relationships and ACT acceptance and commitment therapy.
Gain access to the full trauma survivor series here featuring answers to questions on how you can move forward from these traumatic life experiences and your adverse childhood experiences.
Experiencing or observing a single horrific or life-threatening incident can result in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), due to feelings of intense fear, horror, helplessness, anger, and despair. Symptoms include haunting memories, depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, and avoidance of anything reminiscent of the event. When subjected to repeated or prolonged trauma we can develop an even…
PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) іѕ the оnѕеt оf a specific set of symptoms in response to аn еxtrеmеly traumatic event. Certain people will experience the same event differently depending on their personalities, background, experience, frame of reference, trauma thresholds and many more variables. Much in the same way that we have a dіffеrеnt threshold…
Recovery from substance abuse and addiction is a life-long commitment, there is no doubt about that. It’s more than just changing self-destructive habits and abstinence from drugs or alcohol. It’s a process of getting to know who you really are and learning to love and forgive yourself. Even in recovery you can still feel overwhelming anxiety…
Below we list an article selected by our Clinical Director as the daily read. Often, those experiencing challenges think that they are “just wired to be that way”. Well, these are just a few of the signs that there is an underlying cause to what is going on – plus, that once we have found…
This article briefly outlines a number of sources in of statistical information about alcohol and drug use in South Africa. If you would like to see the fullscreen infographic by Depression and Anxiety Group of the most common substance abuse cases reported please click here. As cited in an article published by The Citizen, drug dependency,…
Masked Childhood Trauma and PTSD Child abuse and neglect are harmful exploits inflicted upon children by others can be either emotional and physical. Emotionally maltreated children are frequently physically maltreated too, but emotional subjugation can exist without its physical equivalent. Physical violation is usually more obvious and often evokes more severe social retribution than emotional…