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Naomi Ward (She/Her)

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3h ago

What I Heard

A Prose Poem by Naomi Ward

Mika Tohyama

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4d ago

I Never Understood 「Romance」: A Survivor Takes Apart Her Own Way of Being Drawn to People

C-PTSD, attachment, and why, for me, closeness begins with safety and the expansion of how I see the world

I Never Understood 「Romance」: A Survivor Takes Apart Her Own Way of Being Drawn to People

MS

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6d ago

Insight That Follows: Adoption and Posttraumatic Growth

Shattered Assumptions

Insight That Follows: Adoption and Posttraumatic Growth

Mika Tohyama

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Nov 6

To Every Survivor of Prolonged Abuse and Adversity

Content note: This essay discusses abuse, C-PTSD, and self-negation. Please put your own well-being first as you read. I originally wrote…

Abstract painting of a room-like space with deep blue walls and floor, crossed by fine threads of pink, orange, and white. At the center floats a large yellow circle with concentric rings and white spheres.

JH Simon

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Nov 4

Why Borderlines Have Terrible Memory

Inside The Dissociated Mind Of The Borderline Personality

Why Borderlines Have Terrible Memory

J. Sands

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Nov 3

The Unsent Draft

Delete. I deleted the message.

Sarah McManus Counselling

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Nov 3

When Are Flashbacks Not Flashbacks?

When they’re ‘intrusive memories’

When Are Flashbacks Not Flashbacks?

MS

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Nov 2

Inevitable Damage: How CPTSD Begins with At-Birth Abandonment

First Cut

B/W photo of newborn infant in clear hospital bassinet, alone in room

Naomi Ward (She/Her)

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Nov 2

A Little Lie!

By Naomi Ward

Moshe Kagan

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Nov 1

Pain Thoughts #2 — Protecting myself doesn’t make me a monster

TW: anger, guilt, self-blame

Pain Thoughts #2 — Protecting myself doesn’t make me a monster