By Stephanie Boucher, Registered Psychotherapist | The Mindful Loft The short version: Not being able to remember much of your childhood is more common than most people realize, and it does not automatically mean something terrible happened. But it also does not mean nothing happened. Memory gaps can be developmental,
By Stephanie Boucher, Registered Psychotherapist | The Mindful Loft The short version: The guilt adult children of emotionally immature parents carry is not always a sign that they are selfish, ungrateful, or doing something wrong. Sometimes guilt is a trained response that started in childhood, when managing a parent’s emotional
By Stephanie Boucher, Registered Psychotherapist | The Mindful Loft The short version: Complex PTSD, or C-PTSD, is what can develop when trauma is not a single event but a long pattern, often involving the people who were supposed to keep you safe. It can affect your body, your relationships, your
By Stephanie Boucher, Registered Psychotherapist | The Mindful Loft The short version: Many adults who struggle with anxiety, relationship patterns, low self-worth, body tension, or a quiet sense that something is wrong are dealing with the long shadow of childhood trauma, often without realizing it. The signs are not always
By Stephanie Boucher, Registered Psychotherapist | The Mindful Loft The short version: Therapy for childhood trauma is not about excavating the past for its own sake. It is about understanding how the past is still running parts of your present, and having a space, possibly for the first time, to
By Stephanie Boucher, Registered Psychotherapist | The Mindful Loft The short version: Emotionally immature parents are not always cruel, neglectful, or obviously harmful. Many are loving in some ways and limited in others. This checklist is meant to help you notice the pattern more clearly: what the parent does, how
