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When ADHD Met PTSD: How Trauma Rewired My Brain and How Understanding That Saved Me
Content note: This piece discusses suicidal ideation and trauma. If you’re struggling, please don’t hesitate to reach out. Resources are at the end. For 34 years, I lived with ADHD, and never once needed mental health services. I’d worked through the front line during COVID, wards, diabetes clinics, and mental health services. Thirty-hour weeks, raising
When the Training Becomes Personal
DECEMBER 28, 2025 NAA: Advocating for Change I’ve just completed the Narcissistic Abuse Recovery training, and it was tougher than expected. I began to deepen my understanding of supporting others through this. Facing how deeply it resonated with my own experiences required absolute honesty, humility, and resilience. This process reinforced a critical point: recovery isn’t
At 34, Everything Changed
At 34, Everything Changed December 15, 2025 The Mother They Created When They Failed My Children At 34, I lost everything. Not my job—work remained my only safe haven, the one place that still made sense when nothing else did. What I lost was far more fundamental. I lost my belief that people do the
Day 5: The Science Behind Survival – When Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Tries to Forget
Healing from abuse isn’t just cognitive. The nervous system remembers, but it can also relearn safety through the body.
Day 6: Leaving Isn’t a Single Event, It’s Reclaiming Yourself, Piece by Piece
Freedom after abuse isn’t easy—but it is possible. Breaking chains and walking through the door is costly, but worth every breath.
DAY 7 | The Mask of Charm, When Public Persona Hides Private Harm
Not everyone who appears kind truly is. Some abusers master the art of public charm while inflicting private cruelty. This piece explores the disorienting experience of being harmed by someone the world praises—where words become weapons, silence becomes punishment, and charm becomes the perfect disguise.
DAY 8 | The Quiet Before It Starts, Recognising the Calm That Isn’t
Abuse rarely begins loudly—it arrives disguised as love, concern, and protection. As Domestic Abuse Awareness Month winds down, this reflection explores how coercive control first appears as quiet devotion, slowly shrinking your world until your autonomy is traded for someone else’s comfort.
Finding Strength in Tough Times Through Simple Acts of Kindness
Life after leaving abuse is not simple recovery. This reflective piece explores ongoing trauma, professional masking, grief, and survival — and how unexpected kindness from strangers can create moments of safety when everything feels overwhelming.
