PTSD or CPTSD? Understanding the Difference
Trauma Iryna Shaiashnikova Trauma Iryna Shaiashnikova

PTSD or CPTSD? Understanding the Difference

Something happened. And then it kept happening, inside you, long after it was over. PTSD and CPTSD are both real, both serious, and both misunderstood. Four stories that show what each actually feels like from the inside and why knowing the difference matters.

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When You’re a Guest in Your Own Life: Displacement, Uncertainty and What It Does to Your Mind
Trauma Iryna Shaiashnikova Trauma Iryna Shaiashnikova

When You’re a Guest in Your Own Life: Displacement, Uncertainty and What It Does to Your Mind

There is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes not from working too hard but from never being able to fully land. From building something you know may not last. From watching your child become someone you did not plan for, in a country you were never sure you could stay in. This is what displacement does to the nervous system and what helps when the ground won't stay still.

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