⚠️ WARNING: This episode is raw and painful to watch. If you grew up in high-control spaces, you were taught to fear uncomfortable emotions. Healing means stopping the escape and trusting your intuition. Watch the real-time guide to navigating betrayal. 🎧 #CPTSD
Today I dolled myself up to go to individual therapy in DAT 🩷 We talked a lot about my excessive water consumption and where it comes from, but I think it's hard to figure out 😮‍💨 The rest of the day will be spent under the fan, because fuck it's hot 😭🥵 And then maybe sew a little later 🪡

#mentalhealth #schizophrenia #adhd #cptsd #trauma #depression #ootd #anxiety #recovery #psychology #mentor #recoverymentor #redhair #fashion #fashionphotography

New personal post.

It's taken around a month for me to write this, because the pain and emotion kept overwhelming me. I cried a lot. Had to walk away, take extended breaks, & distract myself with fuckery.

But here it is, finally. My thoughts on parenting as a trauma survivor. A very personal take. All the trigger warnings (tw are also at the top of the piece).

https://carasutra.com/2026/06/parenting-as-trauma-survivor-breaking-cycles/

#LifeUnscripted #cPTSD #Parenting #BlogPost

Parenting as a Trauma Survivor: Breaking Cycles, Not Myself

How my traumatic childhood shaped my parenting, the cycles I broke, the regrets I carry, and what cycle-breaking feels like from inside the maelstrom.

Cara Sutra
The job center.... works??? Uh what? 😳 I simply have a caseworker at the job center who helps me write an application for the Peer to Peer school, exempts me from job testing because everything I have going on must be prioritized (volunteering, DAT, Team Mod På Livet, etc.) and is generally just really listening and understanding 😱 SO unfamiliar with what I'm used to! I've seriously been told in the past that "you don't want to get better" and many other unpleasant things. I've also heard of others who have had exceptionally positive experiences with the job center and have an idea that it's because it's the young and newly graduated caseworkers who come with a completely different mindset, understanding and desire to make the job center a good experience 🩷 It's really fantastic! 🌸
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You were born to live your own life, not to fulfill the unedited scripts your parents wrote for you. Breaking free from their expectations isn't rebellion; it's basic survival. Full episode is raw—watch now. #CPTSD #FamilyTrauma #Deconstruction #ClaimYourPower
I'm dying a little in this heat 😭 I can't be in my body at all. I get in such a bad mood, irritable, depressed, exhausted and sad, in the summer when the weather is like this 😣 Counting days until the cooler autumn and cold winter come back. This is so uncomfortable 🥵😭

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Your body doesn't care about your to-do list. If you ignore its quiet signals of trauma and exhaustion, it will eventually enforce a shutdown. Stop disassociating and listen. Full episode link below. #NeuroscienceOfTrauma #CPTSD #SomaticHealing #ListenToYourBody

The Things Beneath the Thing

Lately I've been reminded that trauma rarely lives in one moment. It weaves itself through years of experiences, attaching itself to people, words, memories, and feelings we don't even realize are connected. This week, my brain decided it was finally time to show me a few of those connections, and as uncomfortable as that was, I couldn't help but be fascinated by it.

https://perfectlyimperfectlife.blog/2026/06/24/the-things-beneath-the-thing/