Childhood Trauma

Seven-year-old little girls love their daddy. Kathy was no exception, so when her daddy started paying “special” attention to her, she felt “special” in turn. Her daddy loved her.
Few betrayals run as deep as the betrayal of being sexually abused throughout your childhood by the man you should have been able to trust with your life. For Kathy, the betrayal ran deeper because when she finally found the courage to start speaking out about what her abuser did to her, her family responded by labeling her a liar and a troublemaker. Kathy didn’t stop speaking out, though.

In Inner Child Healing Meditation Guide: A Powerful Connection with Your Inner Child to Reparent, Heal Wounds, and Unchain Yourself from Childhood Trauma, you will embark on a transformative journey back in time, traversing a timeline of your life. Guided by soothing words and gentle visualization techniques, you will reconnect with your inner child at the point in your life when they needed someone the most. This powerful meditation opens your heart and mind to the healing power of the words you speak and facilitates a profound spiritual connection through the opening of your crown chakra.

Introducing Releasing Me: A Memoir" by Kimberly Y. Frederick-Griffin. In this powerful narrative, Kimberly shares the deeply personal story of her tumultuous childhood, marked by trauma and emotional turmoil that shaped her relationships and hindered her pursuit of happiness. Through candid reflections, she unveils the struggles she faced, from battling destructive patterns to grappling with feelings of isolation and unacceptance.

This workbook is a safe space designed to help you explore your emotions, manage tough feelings, and build healthy coping mechanisms using practical CBT techniques. Empower yourself to take positive steps toward growth!

The book links traits of complex post-traumatic stress disorder to childhood trauma real-life examples and researched evidence of both subjects. Weaved into chapters one to nine are techniques I found to help me in my recovery. Chapter 10 and 11 are final instructions to the listener for further recovery.

When four graduates from a small Massachusetts college move to New York to make their way, they're broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition. There is kind, handsome Willem, an aspiring actor; JB, a quick-witted, sometimes cruel Brooklyn-born painter seeking entry to the art world; Malcolm, a frustrated architect at a prominent firm; and withdrawn, brilliant, enigmatic Jude, who serves as their centre of gravity. Over the decades, their relationships deepen and darken, tinged by addiction, success, and pride.

The devil whispers in my ear, “Your mother can never know about this… it will kill her if she ever finds out.” Fear quakes in my six-year-old body. Shame saturates me like a soggy mist. I draw an X across my heart, cup my hand around his ear and whisper, “Cross my heart and hope to die! I promise I will never tell!” I am VOICELESS.

When Jill Sitnick sat on her therapist’s couch trying to stop the panic attack that had lasted for months, she didn’t know she would eventually heal her deeply embedded childhood trauma with psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. In Rescuing Jill, Jill shows you why it took a year, and multiple journeys, to fully heal. By describing how MDMA let her view her father’s beatings and mother’s suicide attempts from her adult perspective, she gives you a front-row seat into how psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy healed her trauma and transformed her life.

Zenith of Naïveté is written by Daniel Wescott It is a fictionalized account of actual events, not merely based on them. I’ve changed the names to protect everyone. Everything in here happened, just not in the order presented. I’ve condensed about two years into around a week. Plus, I’ve thrown my adult views into the mix. You know, the way all of us keep our memories. For my brother and me, the events depicted in this story were turning points in our lives and relationship with our Mom, each other, and our father. I was in my thirties before I believed my Mom was mentally ill, and ...

Let’s say that you are going through one of your daily life routines when out of nowhere you start getting a sudden feeling of panic. You start losing your breath. Strangers start getting close to you and show signs of worry. Your heart starts racing and you can’t think of what to do next. Then in a matter of moments you feel normal again. But you can’t just ignore that this just happened. You lay awake at night, terrified that this will happen again; seeing how it’s not the first time. You don’t know what exactly has happened or why it happened.

My mother’s face was oval, like a pink sugared almond, but the moment she opened her eyes, these were all I noticed about her. They were blue pools to drown in, her eyes; enchanted places filled with mystery until I blundered in out of my depth. She was the reason I could never make sense of the fairy story, Snow White. To me, the wicked Queen was always the most beautiful in the land and not her insipid stepdaughter. How could the mirror get it so wrong? The beginning and end of everything happened a few months before I was five years old and it is as vivid to me, today, as the ...

Bullying at school left scars on me. In time, I learned to face the childhood trauma, and so can you. The free fall that began when you were tormented by bullies can end. I learned through trial and error. My experiences can make your path easier. The memories of bullies at school are no longer yours to handle alone. This book offers a 4-part program for healing and recovery. Using these strategies, you may be able to make peace with your past and move on. That's what this book is about. Please follow the advice of your licensed mental health professional and members of your support network...

As a young African American girl residing in rural Louisiana in the 1960s, Raine Jackson faces numerous challenges as she struggles to find love and inner peace within her own mind. As the young girl searches for love from her father who holds a grudge against her mother she wonders if she will ever live up to his standards and gain his affection. Jealously and rage engulfs her as she watches her father share his love with everyone but her. The young girl faces numerous issues with bullies, racist remarks, and self-doubt. A mysterious letter from an anonymous sender and visions with ...

You’re not broken, you’re battling a childhood script that was never yours to begin with. Until you reconnect with your inner child, your adult self will always be chasing peace it can’t find. The main reason you haven't realized your true potential and accomplished your dreams is that you have a poor relationship with your inner child. You’re split off from this little person that was you many years ago. When you divide yourself this way, you’re never really whole, and these two parts of you are always working against one another. You think you’re an adult, guiding your life ...

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 ...

This guide by Dr. Lawrence L James, an expert in alcoholism and trauma, offers not just knowledge but a shared understanding of the lifelong impact of adverse childhood experiences. Drawing from personal and professional experiences, Dr. James delves into the heart of the emotional and psychological turmoil faced by adult children of alcoholics.

From battling a devastating childhood illness to unearthing untold trauma, this healing memoir is one of resilience and transformation.

“An often poignant and resonant rumination on the enduring effects of abuse and what it takes to overcome, survive, live, and love again.” —Kirkus Reviews Grandson of a Ghost explores how a family’s unspoken, festering grief impacted a boy born 25 years after the suicide of his grandfather. It follows the struggle of Scott as he grows up but fails to see how abuse from his mother clouded his perception of the world, and fueled his self-destructive behavior as an adult. Following a tumultuous childhood, Scott moves from northern New England — driven by his demons — to New York in...

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...

Awaken from the grip of stagnation as you delve into the profound truths within. Let the healing power unfold, unraveling wounds, and revealing the inner impacts that shape your essence. Liberate yourself from the chains of childhood trauma.