Healing from complex trauma, or C-PTSD: ‘There’s a really beautiful and bright light on the other side’ [latimes.com]

Ingrid Cockhren 8/23/2312:00 PM

By Laura Newberry, Illustration: Patrick Hruby/Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2023

If there’s one truth that applies to all people, it’s that we’re shaped by our experiences.

The events of our lives — the good, the bad, the seemingly mundane and the devastating — play a key role in determining how we relate to ourselves and others, and whether we feel safe in our bodies and in this world.

This week’s newsletter is about complex trauma, which can happen when we survive repeated or long-term danger (emotional and/or physical), including childhood abuse or neglect, intimate partner violence, poverty and racism.

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