by The Anti-Therapist | Apr 14, 2026 | Complex Trauma, Power and Systems in Mental Health, Relational Healing, Trauma-informed
There’s a phrase floating around right now like a trendy little lint ball stuck to everyone’s emotional sweater: “trauma dumping.” The general public throws it around to sound psychologically informed, therapists whisper it to each other as a warning sign, and somehow...
by The Anti-Therapist | Dec 22, 2025 | Complex Trauma, Plurality, Relational Healing, Seasons & Holidays, Trauma-informed
A rebellion against holiday capitalism and a return to what actually keeps us fed, safe, supported, and human. The Holidays Weren’t Built for Survival The holidays pretend to be universal joy… a magical pause button… a sacred season of belonging. But let’s get fucking...
by The Anti-Therapist | Dec 19, 2025 | Attachment, Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Plurality, Relational Healing, Trauma-informed
Why Plurals Experience Abandonment as a Full-Body Collapse Abandonment and rejection are not simple wounds. Not for complex trauma survivors. Not for plurals. These wounds are annihilation-level events… The kind of psychic earthquakes that crack through every layer of...
by The Anti-Therapist | Dec 19, 2025 | Attachment, Complex Trauma, Relational Healing, Trauma-informed
From Emotional Scarcity to Mutual Belonging… How We Heal the Original Break The Original Break… When Presence Becomes Conditional Abandonment wounds don’t begin with someone leaving. They begin when you learn that your existence costs too much. It might have looked...
by The Anti-Therapist | Sep 26, 2025 | Complex Trauma, Dissociation, Relational Healing, Therapy Letters, Trauma-informed
Dear Client, You believe I don’t see it, but I do. The shield. The sudden quiet. The way your gaze drifts toward the floor when something soft brushes too close. The air between us changes… thickens… and I know the protesters are awake inside you, chanting, holding...
by The Anti-Therapist | Sep 25, 2025 | Complex Trauma, Journal Unleashed: Reflections, Relational Healing, Therapy Letters, Trauma-informed
Dear Therapist, There is a war that lives under my skin. From the outside it doesn’t look like war at all… It looks like polite sentences, careful eye contact, and the kind of smile that knows how to pass. I keep the appointments, I say the words, I sit in the chair....
