About the Author of this Website
Who am I, you may be wondering. (I wondered that for years.)
I'm just a simple cavegirl, on my own healing journey.
All my life, I have been deeply affected by my own and others' unresolved trauma.
(To a lesser and lesser degree with each passing year now, thankfully.)
I experienced all 10 ACEs from the original list of Adverse Childhood Experiences.
(I forget what my score was from the expanded list, but it was high.)
I developed Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Complex PTSD, or CPTSD),
as a result of the chronic stress and episodes of violence in my childhood.
I have multiple invisible disabilities, including some disabling chronic health issues, which are effects of trauma
(due to my nervous system being stuck in survival mode).
I spent decades trying to figure out how to heal my physical health issues, with very little success.
I did discover that my chronic pain flare-ups were linked to stress and eating sugar and starch (potatoes and grains).
But nothing I tried made a substantial difference in the chronic fatigue.
Eventually, I just learned how to adjust to a compromised lifestyle and pace myself.
Now, most of my efforts are directed toward healing my nervous system
and gently repairing the damage done to my digestive system
(restoring the hydrochloric acid levels in my stomach and doing supplemental amino acid therapy).
I studied Neuroscience in high school and college.
Although I was a straight A student before college, I flunked out of college, due to my alcoholism.
I have since recovered from multiple addictions and view addiction as a symptom of unresolved trauma.
(Although maybe it is really a symptom of amino acid deficiency, which can also be a symptom of trauma.)
After college, I studied Reiki for 4 years, along with several other energy healing modalities.
For decades, I did a lot of inner work (meditating, daydreaming, journaling, self-reflection, reflecting on life,
deep soul-searching, went through several dark nights of the soul, transformed many breakdowns into breakthroughs).
All of my recovery and healing efforts yielded many postitive results and some growth,
but my overall physical health and emotional maturity levels remained fairly low.
I was even in talk therapy for Complex PTSD for several years, but that did virtually nothing for me.
During that time, I missed an opportunity to do EMDR and Hypnotherapy, which probably would have helped.
My real trauma healing began at the end of 2017, when I finally began to gain real traction with untangling my root issues
and, as a result, started gaining real emotional maturity.
After four years of effective trauma resolution work (focused on neutralizing anchors)
and one concurrent year of nurturing my inborn talents,
I came across what was blocking my creative self-expression and unblocked it.
That led to the discovery of what my purpose is - to use my creative talents to share what I have learned about unresolved trauma and how to resolve it.
I also discovered other creative work I can do despite being disabled.
In fact, when I'm doing that work, I don't feel disabled at all.
It took me three more years to write all the content for this website.
A lot more about resolving trauma and healing from the effects of trauma was revealed to me in those three years, and
I am sure a lot more will continue to be revealed with each passing year.
I hope that, as this website grows, it will be a valuable source of information for others on their healing journeys.