Vicki PetersonToxic and Abusive Are Not The Same ThingIf you’ve ever been heartbroken by a relationship and gone looking for answers, chances are you’ve stumbled across advice on whether that…4 min read·Jan 26, 2021----
Vicki PetersonWe Need Safety to Recover From the Trauma of the COVID-19 PandemicWe are collectively experiencing a traumatic event on a global scale because of the coronavirus ( COVID-19) pandemic. Some of us, because…5 min read·Jan 25, 2021----
Vicki Peterson3 Ways You Can ‘See’ Someone Has Experienced TraumaPost-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD from emotional and psychological trauma are often considered invisible conditions…3 min read·Jan 25, 2021----
Vicki PetersonThe Case Against Telling People to Have ‘Thick Skin’As a writer who has worked in Hollywood, I often hear people offering this advice: “You need a thick skin in order to make it in this…3 min read·Jul 27, 2020----
Vicki PetersonFeeling Calm in the Midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic Might Be a Trauma ResponseAs the coronavirus (Covid-19) — a new virus that attacks your lungs and respiratory system — makes its way around the world, I feel…3 min read·Mar 15, 2020----
Vicki PetersonThe Key to Deepening My Relationships as an Abuse SurvivorHealing can be a long process, especially from complex trauma. There is an entire lifetime of coping mechanisms that survivors must…4 min read·Mar 5, 2020--1--1
Vicki PetersonHey, HR: If You Want a Productive Workplace, Maybe Stop Advertising for Psychopaths?Dear Human Resources Department,3 min read·Feb 20, 2020----
Vicki PetersonWhy Trauma Survivors Shouldn’t Think They Are ‘Lazy’In my experience, emotional and psychological survivors seem to worry more than most people that they are being “lazy” when they aren’t…3 min read·Feb 14, 2020----
Vicki PetersonThe 3 Words Any Childhood Abuse Survivor Needs to HearChildhood is a uniquely confusing experience. For many of us, the very people whom we were required to rely on for our survival were also…3 min read·Feb 13, 2020----
Vicki PetersonHow ‘Triangulation’ Affected Me Growing Up in an Abusive HomeMy mother had a knack for triangulating people through toxic secrets. She would start out by dropping some heavy piece of information that…3 min read·Feb 12, 2020----