by Jess | May 30, 2020 | Blog, Exercise For Trauma Recovery, LIVING with Complex Trauma, My Stories, Public Blog, RECOVERY, Series
This is my master post in the Exercise for Trauma Recovery Series. I couldn’t speak more highly about the necessity of getting up off your ass and exercising alone in nature to manage your mental illness. I have ZERO doubts about the benefits I feel immediately and...
by Jess | May 28, 2020 | Blog, COVID Coping, LIVING with Complex Trauma, Public Blog
Originally published on Medium. Reposting here for COVID conversations. There’s something on my mind as more and more articles pour out into mainstream media regarding he need for increased mental health professionals to contend with the global Trauma of the COVID-19...
by Jess | May 25, 2020 | Blog, Early CPTSD Info, Public Blog, Tools and Resources
You’ve heard it before! It’s week 3 of my free resource/worksheet series aimed at providing STUPIDLY EASY hacks for reducing stagnancy, brightening down days, and returning back to emotional homeostasis. If you’re already a member, head over to the...
by tmfrscom | May 24, 2020 | Bonus Episodes, Git Changing | Advanced, Origins of a Motherfucker, Patron Season 01, Seasons, Subscriber Content
Lessons; one year after leaving my abusive relationship and losing it all. I’m talking self-shame, inner critics, and forgiveness in the wake of another abusive circumstance. This is part 4 of my origin story; where I’ve been, what I’ve conquered, and how I...
by tmfrscom | May 24, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Most Helpful - 1 Star, Origins of a Motherfucker, Patron Season 01, Seasons, Subscriber Content, Voted Most Helpful
This is the story of an overachiever lifestyle and decades of unmanaged childhood trauma resulting in autoimmune breakdown and mysterious illness in my early 20’s. Part 3 of my personal origin story and my introduction to Trauma. There’s a lot more to say about...
by tmfrscom | May 24, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Origins of a Motherfucker, Patron Season 01, Seasons, Subscriber Content
What are the origins of my childhood trauma story? Where did this Trauma Project start? Buckle up, Motherfuckers. Learn – briefly and sensitively – about my personal trauma story as I continue recording through my original blog posts. The intention? Not to...
by Jess | May 24, 2020 | Early CPTSD Info, Most Helpful - 1 Star, My Stories, Patron Season 01, Public Content, Public Podcast, Public Rereleases, Seasons, Voted Most Helpful
Listen up! It’s THE FIRST blog post I made (and kept) for Traumatized Motherfuckers… read in audiobook style for your easy consumption. Get to know my inner shit from a difficult early life, and see if it sounds a lot like yours. At the end of the day,...
by tmfrscom | May 21, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Patron Season 01, Podcast, Seasons
Relocated from original publishing date S3.E17 for story introduction. Did you know that I used to be 1) terrified of driving 2) terrified of humans and 3) terrified of leaving the house? Yep, for a few years this MF was fully-agoraphobic. Today, I’m...
by Jess | May 21, 2020 | Blog, Exercise For Trauma Recovery, LIVING with Complex Trauma, My Stories, Public Blog, Series
This is a post in the Exercise for Trauma Recovery Series. For a few weeks I’ve been on a really good health streak. I should be proud and screaming my brain hacks from the rooftops, but I have not been. I realized I haven’t wanted to share… because I know how I...
by Jess | May 19, 2020 | Blog, COVID Coping, Early CPTSD Info, Public Blog, RECOVERY, Tools and Resources
A week or so ago, I created a survey for Fuckers inquiring about their biggest struggles during this COVID lock down. Turns out, they’re not to dissimilar from our usual problems – just amplified thanks to the extreme circumstances. Namely, it looks like...
by Jess | May 18, 2020 | Most Helpful - 1 Star, My Stories, Patron Season 01, Public Content, Public Podcast, Public Rereleases, Seasons, Voted Most Helpful
I’ve been too chicken shit to follow through with creating a podcast for the past year. The brutal voice in my head gave a million reasons not to. But Traumatized Motherfuckers don’t let fear determine their lives anymore. And I am the OG TMF. This is my Complex...
by Jess | May 14, 2020 | Blog, LIVING with Complex Trauma, Public Blog
Do you ever wake up feeling immediately upset, angry, or resentful? Maybe the feelings aren’t obvious… but something is wrong. You’re tense. You’re having angry conversations in your head. You’re already hating the day and you haven’t even started yet. You’re weirdly...
by Jess | May 12, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Git Educated | Intermediate, Patron Season 01, Podcast, Seasons, Subscriber Content
Handing you the information you need to understand your brain. The research and reasons for our internal events – our obsession, anxiety, apprehension, ADHD, overwhelm, brain fog, exhaustion, mania, depression, memory failure, relationship destruction, and...
by Jess | May 11, 2020 | Blog, Early CPTSD Info, LIVING with Complex Trauma, Public Blog, RECOVERY
Hey friends and fuckers! Something new for you today. I’m taking a quick pause on writing to put out a new Free Resource series. (Let’s be honest, I made the resources this weekend and I’m already back to writing. I have a problem.) But. When my conversations with...
by Jess | May 9, 2020 | Blog, Member Posts, MF Speaks, Public Blog
Got a special one for you today. I honestly can’t believe this surly, stubborn motherfucker wrote for me. Feeling the love and the pandemic boredom all the way from Eastern Europe. How about a tough-love male perspective on trauma recovery to shake things up?...
by Jess | May 6, 2020 | Blog, COVID Coping, My Stories, Public Blog
Anxiety probably isn’t new for anyone here. If it is… sorry, but glad you’re joining us? When I went on furlough a few weeks ago, I immediately (and I mean immediately) realized something. My job has been absolutely filling me with slow burning, raging anxiety. And...
by Jess | May 4, 2020 | Blog, COVID Coping, My Stories, Public Blog
It’s difficult to hear that so many folks are struggling out there. People are triggered by isolation, and people are triggered by the idea of isolation ending. Physical symptoms of anxiety seem to be increasingly and bringing hypochondria along with them, even in...
by Jess | May 1, 2020 | Audio Podcasts | Subscribers, Patron Season 00, Podcast, Seasons
by Jess | May 1, 2020 | Blog, My Stories, Public Blog
Trigger warning, we got a heavy one. In the past, I’ve told you about my journey with childhood trauma culminating in an abusive romantic relationship which eventually turned into this project. I know it was a necessary transition – bringing me to the...
