Childhood Trauma

Buried beneath the weight of insecurities and a hunger for acceptance, one woman's life becomes an electrifying tale of love, betrayal, and redemption. In a world where deceit and desire collide, she is thrust into a labyrinth of lies and chaos that transforms her into the very monster she has always feared. From Forbidden desires to shattered vows, Black Sheep, White Lies an unflinching exploration of resilience, takes you on a heart-stopping journey of power plays and toxic love.

Ruth Clare's father came back from the Vietnam War a changed man: a violent, controlling parent and a dominating, aggressive husband. After escaping her difficult upbringing, Ruth went on to have a family of her own. Facing the challenges of parenting brought her past back to life, and she lived in fear that she was doomed to repeat her father's behaviour. Wanting to understand the experiences that had damaged her father, she met with other veterans and began listening to their stories of war, conscription and returning to civilian life.

From a young age, Layla Salek has experienced some people as colors—her mother brown, her father green, her husband rainbow. As she notes, sometimes, when words fail, colors speak. Chaos in Color is the captivating story of Layla’s journey from childhood to adulthood with a mother who suffered from untreated bipolar disorder. Each chapter paints a vivid, heartbreaking picture of the abuse, neglect, and trauma that she experienced as she grew up at the mercy of her mother’s bipolar swings, an incompetent mental health system, and the strangers with whom she was often left.

Donna Bevan-Lee had a tough childhood. When her father was feeling playful, he roped her by the foot like a rodeo calf, yanking her to the ground every time the rope connected. In darker moods, he did far worse, his brutality excused by a complicit church. The abuse she suffered had profound and lasting consequences.

In this insightful, emotional, and thought provoking memoir, fashion mogul Blake Martin bares his soul and guides his audience through his childhood trauma. Through entertaining stories and brutal honesty, Martin stands on the pedestal of his truth.

With poignant prose and a deeply authentic personal story, this harrowing account exposes the stark and painful realities of childhood abuse, painting a heart-breaking picture of the lasting pain and fear that it inflicts on its victims. Spanning 30 years, in this coming-of-age memoir, author Christina Vitagliano recounts in vivid detail the frightening nights spent when her father loomed in the doorway of her bedroom, along with the psychological toll that the relentless familial abuse took on her psyche.

What if the villain of your childhood turned out to be someone really rather extraordinary? A disgraced politician, Sir James Hastings is living out his retirement in a secluded Surrey village. He is unmoved by his centenarian mother's death - a woman he emotionally buried upon her abandonment. Raised by his father, a charismatic war-hero turned racing driver, the young James, torn between self-blame and longing, eventually dismissed her.

The Afterlife Confessional follows Bill's journey for answers as he looks through the dizzying kaleidoscope of his clients' lives - the widower who escaped an aged-care trap to take her husband's ashes on the road trip of a lifetime; the man who spent his life paying it forward to try to make up for one shameful act; the closet dominatrix who quietly confronts her husband's infidelity by comforting those truly in need; the devoted couple who insist on going hand-in-hand into the afterlife.

Childhood trauma, mental illness, addiction, and incarceration are far too common in the US today. Recovery from even one of these issues is challenging, yet many people live with the stark reality of more than one of these circumstances every day. Our systems of care offer some help, but sometimes even the best programs don't yield lasting results. What does a person do when medication, therapy, drug treatment, and support groups are ultimately ineffective for them?

By age 50, Elin Boals has created for herself a perfect life: Her wildly successful business as Manhattan’s preeminent fashion photographer is flourishing. Her handsome, patient husband is devoted to her; her teenaged daughter, Alice, has been accepted to the ballet academy of her dreams. But then Elin receives an innocuous-looking envelope. Folded inside is a star-chart, with an address written by a familiar hand.

Wenn Sie sich schon immer von den anhaltenden Auswirkungen eines Kindheitstraumas heilen wollten, aber mit ungelöstem emotionalem Schmerz kämpfen, dann lesen Sie weiter... Haben Sie es satt, von der Vergangenheit heimgesucht zu werden? Haben Sie schon unzählige andere Lösungen ausprobiert, aber nichts scheint für eine langfristige Heilung zu funktionieren? Möchten Sie sich endlich von Ihrem Schmerz verabschieden und etwas entdecken, das Ihnen wirklich hilft?

Upon returning home from golf on a rare afternoon free of responsibilities, Dr. Beverly Joyce, a busy and beloved OB-GYN, listened to a phone message that would shake her identity and send her on a life-changing journey of self-discovery. That call would instantly help free her from the hidden doubt, guilt, and shame that had plagued her throughout her life.

During these times of chaos, COVID-19, social unrest, isolation from the normal routine, and a host of other intrinsic factors we may find ourselves with more time on our hands than ever before. With only time, some may find themselves with negative thoughts running freely through their minds like a gazelle trying to escape its hunter. In this scenario, the hunter may be past or present trauma that hadn't had the time to be addressed because of daily distractions. Let's go deeper in the know.

Today, something is going to happen to an innocent child. Tomorrow, that child will walk into their school. What happens next will impact the rest of their life. What is this powerful event? Childhood trauma. Most students will experience some form of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, neglect, family dysfunction, racism, homelessness, or poverty by their 18th birthday. If left untreated, their traumatic experience may have lasting implications on their physical and mental health and their success in school.

Are you struggling to overcome childhood abuse and trauma? This book is meant to lead you out of the darkness and set your feet on a firm path to recovery. Learning to live free beyond the pain and negative patterns created by childhood abuse can be a long and arduous process. This compassionate, inspirational guide is filled with steps, tips, and methods to escape your past and build a beautiful new future.

Powerful Journaling for Inner Child Healing Part II is the eagerly awaited continuation of the transformative journaling series dedicated to supporting your journey of recovery from wounds and childhood trauma. In Part II of this series, each of the 22 prompts is carefully designed to help you delve even deeper into your healing journey. These prompts will encourage self-reflection and exploration, asking questions that may not have crossed your mind before.

Growing up in Little Rock, Arkansas, after my father’s murder was tough and affected me mentally. This type of trauma can have a major influence on a child and if it goes untreated can create a career criminal.

In Divorce: The Unspoken Childhood Trauma, you will enter the world and mind of an eight-year-old little girl who is witnessing the dismantling of her family right before her eyes. The events leading up to her parents' divorce fused with adult entanglements left her feeling abandoned, confused, and powerless because there was nothing she loved more than her family. Due to her father's infidelity, her family as she once knew it was now broken. Blessed with a mother who never folded, a devoted granny, and her precious teacher, Mrs. Owens, she was bound to overcome.