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This is the link to Google Drive folder containing these books. There is a list below of what is in the folder. Please consider reblogging so these resources are available.

Disclaimer: I have not read all of these to completion. I have not researched all the authors. Please do your own research if you have concerns.

Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson

The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk MD

Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker

Complex PTSD Recovery Workbook by Kimberly Callis

Complex PTSD Workbook by Arielle Schwartz

Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation by Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, Onno van der Hart

EMDR Toolbox: Theory and Treatment of Complex PTSD and Dissociation by James Knipe

Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to Do When a Parent’s Love Rules Your Life by Patricia Love, Jo Robinson

Got Parts? An Insider’s Guide to Managing Life Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder by ATW

The Haunted Self by Onno Hart

Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self Alienation by Janina Fisher

In an Unspoken Voice How the Body Releases Trauma and Restores Goodness by Peter A. Levine

Life After Trauma: A Workbook for Healing by Dena Rosenbloom, Mary Beth Williams, Barbara E. Watkins

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook: A Guide to Healing, Recovery, and Growth by Glenn R. Schiraldi

The PTSD Workbook: Simple, Effective Techniques for Overcoming Traumatic Stress Symptoms by Mary Beth Williams, Soili Poijula

Rebuilding Shattered Lives: Treating Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders by James A. Chu

Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect by Jonice Webb, Christine Musello

Stoning Demons Book 1: Childhood Trauma is a Primer for Complex PTSD by Kimberly Callis

Stoning Demons Book 3: Physical Health and Complex PTSD by Kimberly Callis

The Stranger in the Mirror by Marlene Steinberg

Toxic Parents by Susan Forward, Craig Buck

Trauma and Recovery by Judith L. Herman

Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy by Pat Ogden

i. being lonely isn’t bad. we’re hardwired to want touch and emotional connection. being lonely is human.

ii. everyone is lonely. the girl on the bus. the guy who’s posting his amazing life on instagram. the celebrity, the friend, the parent, the popular, the shy, the cat, everybody. yet few people would admit it or even say the word. no one is too good for loneliness.

iii. loneliness isn’t something bad. avoiding it is like avoiding sadness or anger; it will manifest into addiction, desperate attempts at crumbs of connection. feel loneliness in its purest form. maybe it’s an ache, a thirst in your throat, a colour of anxiety. sit with it. mother it.

iv: when you’re lonely and truly have no one, everything will be warmth. everything will be a friend. from the houseplant you’re nurturing, to the chamomile tea in your body, your bed, the guitar in your arms. this too is a full life. a good one. a precious one.

v. loneliness will tell you to reach out. that you’re okay and it’s a matter of timing. or it will tell you you’re repulsive, unloveable and weird. loneliness is a child, an emotion. it tries to make sense of its painful situation with both truth and lies. not everything should be believed. but not everything is unwise.

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