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Their dad and I previously arranged that he have them first week in school holidays, then return them to me for the second and resettling for school and kindy. After this horrible nightmare, it was the perfect opportunity to pack up our house and move to the next town closer to the school and...

We were so oblivious to the imminent disaster coming that would forever change our lives... the grenade exploded on Saturday night, when my four year old girl drops it as her she was exhausted from carrying it secretly for so long. She has been unsettled for a couple months. I thought thus was...

My early childhood from birth to eight was chaotic.. was physically, emotionally, psychologically & sexual abused. I was exploited and neglected, I lived with my 3 younger siblings in my mother's cesspool string of housing trust homes that she only ever spent time in to sleep through endless...

Hi! I understand, I posted not as introduction so much, but to share what I witnessed in the biography service regarding narrative therapy with others who are exploring writing for therapy x

Hi all, diagnosed C-PTSD in Feb. I also have very fragmented memories until the age of 8. I'm now 31, onset of symptoms upon becoming a mother 5 years ago. I have had narrative therapy in my teens which helped immensely, and have always had a natural affinity with writing/literature. I found...

Thank you shimmerz, a great & apt recommendation... I bought it immediately after I finished reading the blurb. I think your son is fortunate that he has a mother available to him that has acknowledged this illness & actively endeavoured to find techniques to manage it.

This has become a more urgent priority since I became a mother to Tristan (5) & Lyla (4). Overly conscientous, there is no external trace of my mother's parenting inability or environment from my childhood. Yet, this role triggered PTSD onset anew. I struggle with the fragment of my self image...

Hi all - New to site & diagnosis. I have a childhood background of physical, psychological, emotional & sexual abuse and neglect. One of my brothers and I were rescued from that way of life by our Grandparents, aged 7 and 8. The contrast was phenomenal - and that is judging by the fragments I...