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@ellentift.bsky.social Oct 16, 2026, 12:01 AM

How many of these have people said to you? Comment your score, and fill in your own " #ToxicPositivity #ComplexTrauma #CPTSD #NarcissisticAbuse #TraumaHealing

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 3:11 PM

#CPTSD #complexPTSD #complextrauma #abusesurvivor #survivorstrong #healing #healingjourney

Never again will I make myself smaller
@fyeahmfabello

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 1:13 PM

It really did.

#CPTSD #complexPTSD #complextrauma #recovery #healing #healingjourney

2026 really said:

Let me break your heart, expose the people who were never really in your corner, strip away everything familiar, and burn down the life you didn't even realize needed to be rebuilt so you can rise from the ashes.

@ellentift.bsky.social Oct 15, 2026, 12:01 AM

Getting things done, but feeling totally shut down inside?
This could be functional freeze. When life feels unsafe, your nervous system can go into hibernation mode.
ellentift.com #FunctionalFreeze #CPTSD #ComplexTrauma #NervousSystem #TraumaHealing

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 9:27 PM

Learning this has been hard. My #trauma brain screams in opposition. But it's true. I deserve #love and compassion. I always did.

#CPTSD #complexPTSD #complextrauma #recovery #healing #healthychoices #selflove #selfacceptance #doingthework #babysteps #healingjourney

You deserve the love you keep trying to give everyone else

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 8:32 PM

Practicing this lately. #Healing #CPTSD really is about getting the amygdala to chill out and the prefrontal cortex to come back online.

#complexPTSD #complextrauma #babysteps #doingthework #healingjourney

Every time you replace "this is overwhelming" with "what's the first step?" you shift your brain activity from your amygdala (fear) to your prefrontal cortex (problem-solving).

That's neuroplasticity in real time.

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 4:06 PM

I'm longer interested in what strangers & unsafe people think of me. Going forward, I'm doing the next right thing for me. I'm finally putting my needs first, and I need to heal this brain injury.

#CPTSD #complextrauma #complexPTSD #recovery #healing #healingjourney #doingthework #babysteps

If we're going to meaningfully recover from trauma, we're going to have to be ok with being misunderstood & misrepresented.

There are people who are not interested in truly seeing us or meeting us where we are - & we have to let that have nothing to do with our recovery.

- Dr. Glenn Patrick Doyle @DrDoyleSays

@ellentift.bsky.social Oct 14, 2026, 2:49 AM

This is a two voiced conversation reviewing the last third of the chapter “Conflict: How to Handle It, Survive It, and Stop Replaying It” from a forthcoming book by Ellen Tift.

Listen here: ellentift.substack.com/p/cptsd-comp...

#cptsd #conflict #parenting #complextrauma #forgiveness

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 5:04 PM

#CPTSD #childhoodtrauma #attachmentrauma #complextrauma #abusesurvivor #neglectsurvivor #emotionalneglect #healing #recovery #doingthework #babysteps #survivorstrong

Healing is when the big human finally becomes the safe place the little human was waiting for.

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 9:44 PM

You. Are. Enough. 💜

#CPTSD #complexPTSD #complextrauma #PTSD #trauma #recovery #healing #mentalhealth #traumasurvivor #complextraumasurvivor #abusesurvivor #healingjourney #survivorstrong

@ellentift.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 4:09 PM

Apologies: When you’re owed one, when you’re asked for one you don’t owe, or when you genuinely need to apologize, this is a guide to not allowing CPTSD symptoms to derail conflict resolution.
#conflictresolution #relationship #cptsd #complextrauma #complexptsd
ellentift.substack.com/p/cptsd-comp...

@ellentift.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 7:08 PM

#complextrauma #cptsd #manipulation #relationships #emotionalintelligence

@ellentift.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 11:05 PM

Why CPTSD Symptoms Make Conflict More Stressful - Audio Podcast 1 of 3

Does conflict feel catastrophic or dangerous? You didn’t get that way for no reason.

#cptsd #complextrauma #traumahealing #cptsdhealing #conflictresolution

ellentift.substack.com/p/complex-tr...

@ellentift.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 9:51 PM

Rest is an activity.
You're not "doing nothing." You're resting.
Make a note. 📝 #CPTSD #ComplexTrauma #Burnout #SelfCompassion #NervousSystem
EllenTift.com

@emmanueljohn.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 3:15 PM

After 3 1/2 years writing the book and staring at my wounds throughout most of COVID, I'm happy to say that the dreams of that little boy broken by abuse and neglect, who wanted to become a therapist and hel
#neglected #neglect #neglecteddamagedgraced #abused #ComplexTrauma #freeatlast

@ellentift.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 11:10 PM

#relationships #manipulationtactics #narcissisticabuse #complextrauma #cptsd

www.amazon.com/stores/Ellen...

@gardenlobster.bsky.social Sep 25, 2026, 9:22 PM

Shattered is the word.

#shattered #CPTSD #PTSD #trauma #survivor #traumasurvivor #abusesurvivor #survivorstrong #healing #complexPTSD #complextrauma #narcissisticabuse

If you area trauma survivor and you feel like you've been shattered with no idea how to pick up the pieces that's so valid. Trauma can shatter our identity, our sense of self, and our core and it's so easy to get lost in the brokenness with no sense of self. If you feel this way it's so valid and it's not your fault.

@ellentift.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 10:14 PM

Open call for letters asking “am I overreacting?” For a brand new podcast by an author who writes about complex trauma, narcissistic abuse, and betrayal trauma. #amioverreacting #snarky #complextrauma #narcissisticabuserecovery #cptsdsurvivor OverreactingPod at Gmail dot com

@ellentift.bsky.social Sep 24, 2026, 9:02 PM

My guest blog post on the CPTSD Foundation website today is one of my most popular Substack posts. #cptsd #complextrauma #panicattack #anxietyhelp #stressmanagement

cptsdfoundation.org/2026/09/24/1...

@ellentift.bsky.social Sep 22, 2026, 8:56 PM

Someone else’s forgiveness rarely resolves shame. Don’t get me wrong, guilt and shame are both unpleasant. But the work of shame is internal, and no external absolution fully tames it.

#complextrauma #cptsd #complexptsd #hardrelationships #couplestherapy

ellentift.substack.com/p/cptsd-what...