A Meaningful Milestone in My Trauma Healing Journey

I’m excited to share a meaningful milestone with you. Recently, I was featured in The Healing & C-PTSD Chronicles, a virtual magazine dedicated to trauma recovery, complex PTSD (C-PTSD), and survivor voices.

My article, “The Volcano Within: Uncovering and Healing Repressed Rage,” explores a part of trauma healing that is often misunderstood, minimized, or avoided — rage.

Understanding Repressed Rage in Trauma Recovery

For much of my life, rage felt dangerous. Unacceptable. Something to push down or move away from as quickly as possible. Like many trauma survivors, I learned early on that certain emotions were not safe to feel or express. Yet, these feelings lived in my body, waiting for acknowledgment.

As I delved deeper into my trauma history, including sexual abuse, my rage surfaced more fully than ever before. It was intense, destabilizing at times, and incredibly revealing. Learning how to contain rather than suppress rage was one of the most difficult parts of my healing — and also one of the most transformative.

The Transformative Power of Facing Rage

Working with rage didn’t just bring up pain. It awakened more parts of me. It reconnected me to aliveness, clarity, and self-trust. Over time, I began to feel more integrated, grounded, and more fully myself than ever before.

This article explores how trauma survivors can approach rage with care, understanding, and integration, rather than attempting to eliminate it.

Gratitude to The Healing & C-PTSD Chronicles

I am deeply grateful to The Healing & C-PTSD Chronicles community for creating a space where survivor voices and trauma experiences are honored with nuance and respect. It means a lot to contribute my perspective to a platform that centers healing and personal growth.

If you’d like to read the full article, you can find it here:
👉 Read “The Volcano Within: Uncovering and Healing Repressed Rage”

Thank you for being here, for your willingness to engage with the complexities of healing, and for creating space for the parts of ourselves that are often hardest to hold.

With warmth,
Stacia