Jo, I hear you.
Developmental Trauma is something I didn’t really know about until the last few years. It was devastating to me to put the 2+2 together on how it has affected me. My dad, too, was a veteran who experienced horrific traumas in WWII and had extreme challenges with addiction and violent behavior as the result. It made for a lot of chaos in my life.
And I am grateful to know there is healing. I have found some help with neurofeedback, EMDR, a lot of time in nature, building community, rhythmic exercise and yoga. Connecting with people through ACEs Connection has been healing, inspiring, and compelling. I am glad you are on the site!
Karen Clemmer, who is a staffer in your area (and time zone) or any one of us could take you on a tour of the website. I will forward this to Karen. As Cissy said, we do have more that 40k members and some 400+ communities (some are “hidden” as they are in preparation of going public). There are also many resources that we are updating, so we do miss some posts. Sorry to just now be reading yours. I hope you are feeling more regulated, safer, better.
Peace,
Carey