Learn My Top Tips for Healing Past Trauma and Changing Your Life

Great encouragement. Thank you for making this video and driving home the point that anyone can heal. Anyone. Even a little. Just start. Too many believe they cannot, that they’re too damaged, or broken. Henry Ford famously said “If you think you can or if you think you can’t, you’re right.” Being the victim is so much easier. Then it becomes a habit, and even gets them attention. For many, as painful as it is to stay where they are, it seems safer than changing. It’s so easy to focus on one’s limitations rather than possibilities and remain stuck. One can either own their limitations and stay a victim or overcome them, and keep trying, little by little.

To speed up healing: 1. Learn about complex CPTSD- about dysregulation 2. Notice “ordinary” problems vs trauma related problems 3. Move trauma story from looping thoughts to memory 4. Stop isolating or trying to control other people’s behavior. Focus on healing. Notice being triggered, and learn to self regulate. 5. Stop trash talking people 6. End bad relationships 7. Leave bad work environments 8. Release the belief bad people are attracted to you 9. Recover from addictive behaviors, don’t escape life 10. Ask yourself and list of what you can do to heal

Hi Anna, I was oblivious to the fact that I was the cause of my now 37 year old son’s CPTSD… and we now both watch your videos and our relationship is getting much better. Thank you for all you do! ♥️🙏🏻♥️

1. Get up early in the morning an hour early 2. Write down anxious and defeated past 3. Meditation 4. Exercise hard, heart rate up for more than 20 minutes 5. Get into nature 6. Movement in the group 7. Eat protein 8. Make a list of most important things to do, three most important things, one most important thing 9. Don’t talk about the negative things (all the time) 10. What am I avoiding? * Find something kind you can do for someone (without them knowing)

Im a clinical psychologist and had a breakdown about 6 months ago. It can happen to absolutely ANYONE! My skills and insights kept an especially difficult legal situation from getting out of hand emotionally ... then BANG. Essentially I had to be in bed for 3 months, and I just listened to this kind video over and n over to sooth myself. Be kind to yourselves people.

I'm 65 yrs old. I've struggled in silence my entire life. Abused by a mother's angry rages. And I was that scapegoat child. Plus my older sister bullied me, having neighborhood kids, or cousins join in. At the age of 47, a college professor told me he thought I have adhd. It made sense, so I just kept struggling. Every attempt I've made through the years to seek counseling was a total failure. After the death of my dad in 2019, and breakup of a long time boyfriend, stress of my 2 adult children with addictions to heroin, loss of friends and family. I've isolated so much, I don't even leave my house anymore. I've done alot of YouTube research for about research on mental health to find more answers. I'm glad I found you crappy childhood fairy. I know I have cpsd. Anyway struggling alone.

This woman is amazing, so empathetic & compassionate! She tells it like it is!

I dont think Ive ever felt more understood. This is the therapist I always needed. 🥺

Busted! My hair is currently not brushed in the back... 😂😂😂 Anna, you truly understand us and are so loving and non- judgemental while sharing hugely important insights. When I observe someone living their true purpose and using their unique gifts to help others, it is so inspiring. There are a handful of people I have encountered like you, who radiate with authenticity and the spirit of service. I ache to be a woman for others and show gratitude for my blessings in this way some day, too. Thank you for your help and for setting an example of what is possible for those of us who struggle with cptsd. ❤❤❤

I highly suggest EMDR therapy for people with CPTSD. Get the book by Pete Walker called CPTSD From Surviving to Thriving. Also the book called The Body Keeps the Score. This channel is awesome too. I have been in EMDR therapy for over 2 years for CPTSD. It works for me and it might work for you. The books I recommended are what my psychologist recommended to me and they are fantastic. Thanks Crappy Childhood Fairy. You are incredibly insighful and are a great part of healing but this is a lifetime mental illness that doesn’t go away but it does get much better.

I grew up with a pair of violent sexual predators. One was a narcissistic psychopath. The other was a raging alcoholic. Every adult in my life was mentally disturbed & children of parents who grew up in the Great Depression. I can remember my grandfather walking behind a horse, plowing the garden. Any word spoken wrong could elicit a backhand or sarcasm that sliced the soul. Women & children were chattel. I read a lot about Nazis as a kid, dreamt of them because I felt I was in a concentration camp. I turn 70 next year and I am just beginning to realize what I lost over the years because of my fears. I

I've lived my adult life believing "this is just the way I am." Stumbling onto your site has opened my eyes to how my past has created chaos/clutter in my life. At 70 years old it's time to deal with this. Thank you.

"Does it make you a doormat?" really hits home.

Hey guys, too rushed to express fully, how much this is blessing me, and how much I pray for all of us! I have read lots of comments about people who feel like they are hopeless, too far gone, etc. and I am struggling with the same. God helped me remember all the reals I have come across of people getting old, discarded furniture off the side of the road, and transforming it into beautiful and lovely pieces. We, too, can be transformed!!! Love and big hugs to all!!!❤️🤗

I never criticized people. There is good and bad in all walks of life. Even friends make fun of you. Putting you down. I have never put someone's body, face, teeth, weight, religion, ethnicity, economic status, decisions, english, speech, habits, appearance, interests, job, car, or style down. No one has that right. People "joke" too much and I am tired of it. Grow up. We are suppose to lift each other up and encourage one another. If you see someone going through a marital crisis, help them to stay committed unless they are in jeopardy. Use your voice to lead someone out of danger and protect their lives.

Thank you❤ I was so numb for so long, and I hid my emotions, or when I was triggered. Feeling dead inside felt easier, but empty...life has given me one obstacle or avalanche after another during this last year. It's been too much and once the emotions started to surface the wheels fell off. My memory has suffered, I can't concentrate, my brain feels broken and my executive functioning is a day to day struggle. I know that I'm capable of so much...and it takes time, but I feel ready to be loved and move forward. ❤

I’ve never found anyone I felt safe enough with, or not judged by, to open up about my traumas…i learned a long time ago to put on an act and idk how to stop 🕊️ Atm, group therapy is the worst place because I compare myself, then degrade myself, if others have it worse and I need to just “suck it up” as my mother always tells me

This is so good. I'm taking notes. I just finished the first 44 minutes and taking a break. There's much to absorb. This is incredibly helpful. Best counseling session I've ever had. So grateful Anna. Thank you❤ God bless you powerfully.

I was traumatized in my childhood by an abusive father, physically and emotionally. I was stuck in anger for years. At the beginning, the anger helped me to react and win the battle against him. But, as I was stuck in it, it became a poison in my heart, and I couldn't find a way out. When semeone told me one day I had to forgive, I was devastated, because I thought that to forgive is to say the trauma is OK. My father died, I couldn't confront him anymore. I didn't understand that my anger didn't accomplish any justice, but was just a poison attacking my own heart. It took me ages to agree with stopping accusing. One day, I understood what is to forgive (and what it is not) and I did. I prayed to forgive my father, because I didn't want him to win. Since I forgave, my life changed, I was supprised to see a change in my relationship to people, without this wall of anger in my heart.

This video has many tips not only for trauma, but to get a better life…