Journey Counseling, LLC

11/15/2025

PTSD/CPTSD — psychological injury and the changes caused to the brain. Trauma informed care, trauma informed educators, etc. need to be aware of the impacts of trauma on the brain.
~Deb 🩷

11/15/2025

Robert 💙

11/15/2025

*ℹ️🌿 THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL OF FLASHBACKS & DISSOCIATIVE EPISODES |

Recently, a very painful and triggering event dropped me into a deep hole of flashbacks and dissociation. Over the next few months, a series of other events threw me into more flashbacks, deep dissociative states, and depression. Like being tossed and rolled endlessly in the raging waves and surf of a stormy, violent sea you can never find a quick escape because you are never sure which way is up or down.

And, even in the moments when you think you have found the way up and out, you are slammed again by another ferocious breaker that leaves you stunned and pushes you back down into the deep, dark abyss.

Read the Full Article: https://cptsdfoundation.org/2023/01/05/the-downward-spiral-of-flashbacks-dissociative-episodes/
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If you’re a recovering survivor of CPTSD and you're ready to connect with a community of co-survivors who are learning to safely reconnect with themselves, rebuild self-worth, and form healthy, nurturing relationships, your journey toward healing and wholeness begins here.

Join us today and embrace the support you truly deserve.
To learn more and register, visit: https://cptsdfoundation.org/dailyrecoverysupport/

11/11/2025

Trauma is life threat (perceived or real) that renders us powerless, and its impacts manifest through our bodies, not just our brains.

Find out more about the mindbody connection in my online course 'Trauma and the Body': https://www.carolynspring.com/shop/trauma-and-the-body-online-training/

11/11/2025

11/11/2025

Whatever you're going through, you don't have to face it alone. 💙

Call, text, or chat 988 anytime. Our compassionate counselors are here to listen, offer support, and provide resources. You deserve care, and someone ready to be there for you.

11/11/2025

What happens in your past impacts neuroception: how you detect it people and places are safe, dangerous or life threatening.

The detection of a person, your environment, or even internal sensations of your body as safe or dangerous, triggers changes in your nervous system.

This happens in primitive parts of the brain outside of conscious awareness.
Even though you may not be aware of it cognitively, your nervous system has made changes that lead to fight/flight/freeze.

When you learn how your physiology changes after chronic stress and trauma you learn that it’s not you, it’s your nervous system that's responding this way.

Anyone who has been through prolonged adversity could have changes to their neuroception system that makes them more alert to danger signals.

You're not choosing to move into fight/flight/freeze and it's not your fault. –

10/30/2025

Coming to therapy is at times the most counter-intuitive thing we can do: we want to hide, but we also oh so desperately want to be seen. The dynamics of are evoked more strongly than ever in the therapy room. Listen: https://www.carolynspring.com/podcasts/shame/

10/30/2025

In 1978 women marched in Washington, D.C., wearing purple — a color of courage, survival and the fight to end violence. During Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we honor their legacy, stand with survivors, and let hope grow stronger together. 💜🕯️🕊️

👉 https://zpr.io/sCy4Uv5x3KJm