Anne-Marie Rossmeisl
@awesomeannemarie.bsky.social
Science(former radiopharmaceutical custom synthesis chemist), art, music, film,theatre, books, and self-care🧪⚗️🧬🔬🎶🎵🎞🎬🎨🎭📚😌 New Hampshire resident(formerly from Massachusetts) New England in the Fall is the best! 🍁
I know this all too well. 😔❤️🩹
CPTSD survivors often experience this urge to apologize, again & again, to everyone & anyone-- & also this simultaneous resentment at feeling the need to apologize or justify anything to anyone.
It's like a tug of war between our "fawn" & "fight" trauma responses.
It's like a tug of war between our "fawn" & "fight" trauma responses.
November 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I know this all too well. 😔❤️🩹
Happy Thanksgiving today to those who celebrate! 🦃🍷🍁😊 Take time to appreciate what is important in your life and be grateful for the small things. I am so grateful for my supportive family and friends. I also appreciate my friends here on #Bluesky! You are all so important to me. Be well! 😌
November 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Happy Thanksgiving today to those who celebrate! 🦃🍷🍁😊 Take time to appreciate what is important in your life and be grateful for the small things. I am so grateful for my supportive family and friends. I also appreciate my friends here on #Bluesky! You are all so important to me. Be well! 😌
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You don't owe anyone an explanation or apology today for what you like, what you want, or who you are.
Remember there is power in leaning into what makes you, you. Remember & reconnect to what turns you on-- for real, not what "should" light you up according to "them."
Remember there is power in leaning into what makes you, you. Remember & reconnect to what turns you on-- for real, not what "should" light you up according to "them."
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
You don't owe anyone an explanation or apology today for what you like, what you want, or who you are.
Remember there is power in leaning into what makes you, you. Remember & reconnect to what turns you on-- for real, not what "should" light you up according to "them."
Remember there is power in leaning into what makes you, you. Remember & reconnect to what turns you on-- for real, not what "should" light you up according to "them."
Reminder to self for today.
“Learning to be gentle with yourself is one of the most important skills you’ll ever develop.” Kristin Neff
We’re allowed to ease our grip on the things we carry. A little softness towards ourselves can change so much.
🧡
#SelfCompassion #kindness
Picture by Nikki Miles
We’re allowed to ease our grip on the things we carry. A little softness towards ourselves can change so much.
🧡
#SelfCompassion #kindness
Picture by Nikki Miles
November 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Reminder to self for today.
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Good morning!
The world may bruise and wither, yet somewhere, a flower still dares to bloom.
The world may bruise and wither, yet somewhere, a flower still dares to bloom.
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Good morning!
The world may bruise and wither, yet somewhere, a flower still dares to bloom.
The world may bruise and wither, yet somewhere, a flower still dares to bloom.
Hands down, this is my most favorite tree in my yard every Autumn. 🍁😊
October 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Hands down, this is my most favorite tree in my yard every Autumn. 🍁😊
Scene in my backyard. I wanted to capture before the wind takes all the leaves down! Love Autumn! 🍁🍂🎃 Early rain this morning brought crisp air this afternoon. 😊
October 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Scene in my backyard. I wanted to capture before the wind takes all the leaves down! Love Autumn! 🍁🍂🎃 Early rain this morning brought crisp air this afternoon. 😊
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Everyone does.
You deserve to be happy.
That's it, that's the post.
That's it, that's the post.
September 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Everyone does.
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Give yourself time & space & grace. That's not warm & fuzzy fluff; it's key to getting our nervous system to work w/ us, instead of against us. Even giving ourselves the option of doing it now vs. doing it in five minutes can help.
Reject coercion & shame as "motivation" tools.
Reject coercion & shame as "motivation" tools.
August 31, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Give yourself time & space & grace. That's not warm & fuzzy fluff; it's key to getting our nervous system to work w/ us, instead of against us. Even giving ourselves the option of doing it now vs. doing it in five minutes can help.
Reject coercion & shame as "motivation" tools.
Reject coercion & shame as "motivation" tools.
This 👇 My mood some days.😔
August 29, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This 👇 My mood some days.😔
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CPTSD can do a real number on our ability to express some of the most important things about ourselves. One of the biggest frustrations of many survivors is carrying entire worlds around inside us-- but running into walls when we try to put the most basic words to our experience.
August 5, 2025 at 7:19 PM
CPTSD can do a real number on our ability to express some of the most important things about ourselves. One of the biggest frustrations of many survivors is carrying entire worlds around inside us-- but running into walls when we try to put the most basic words to our experience.
I happened to have childhood trauma and trauma that occurred later in life. Recovery is the same no matter what.
Because your trauma did not happen while you were growing up does not mean it's not complex trauma. Situations where we're harmed due to a power differential, where the pain was inescapable & unfolded over time, happen to people of all ages.
CPTSD is not "just" childhood trauma.
CPTSD is not "just" childhood trauma.
August 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I happened to have childhood trauma and trauma that occurred later in life. Recovery is the same no matter what.
My view right now. 😌 Love coastal Maine. So peaceful and therapeutic. I have needed this for such a long time.
July 13, 2025 at 7:21 PM
My view right now. 😌 Love coastal Maine. So peaceful and therapeutic. I have needed this for such a long time.
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What they think of our struggles or our recovery is none of our business.
Chances are they profoundly misunderstand both-- & attempting to explain it to them would be like trying to explain physics to a terrier.
Chances are they profoundly misunderstand both-- & attempting to explain it to them would be like trying to explain physics to a terrier.
June 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
What they think of our struggles or our recovery is none of our business.
Chances are they profoundly misunderstand both-- & attempting to explain it to them would be like trying to explain physics to a terrier.
Chances are they profoundly misunderstand both-- & attempting to explain it to them would be like trying to explain physics to a terrier.
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There are trauma survivors reading this who have never felt refreshed, ever, by a night of sleep-- & who have been made to feel inadequate & broken by the cultural assumption that "sleep hygiene" choices explain most sleep problems.
(They don't. Not when it comes to trauma.)
(They don't. Not when it comes to trauma.)
June 16, 2025 at 6:59 PM
There are trauma survivors reading this who have never felt refreshed, ever, by a night of sleep-- & who have been made to feel inadequate & broken by the cultural assumption that "sleep hygiene" choices explain most sleep problems.
(They don't. Not when it comes to trauma.)
(They don't. Not when it comes to trauma.)
On this Mother's Day, blessings to all of you who have or had loving, encouraging, and selfless mothers. For those of you who don't or didn't, I see you and validate what you endured. I hope this day finds you peaceful and calm. There is hope. 🫂❤️🩹🫶
May 11, 2025 at 11:24 AM
On this Mother's Day, blessings to all of you who have or had loving, encouraging, and selfless mothers. For those of you who don't or didn't, I see you and validate what you endured. I hope this day finds you peaceful and calm. There is hope. 🫂❤️🩹🫶
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Trauma recovery is not magic or mysterious. Think of it foremost as a project of identifying how we've been conditioned by our past, so we can start making actual choices about our future. It always comes back to that.
May 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Trauma recovery is not magic or mysterious. Think of it foremost as a project of identifying how we've been conditioned by our past, so we can start making actual choices about our future. It always comes back to that.
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Many trauma survivors have the experience of being convinced any form of happiness or positive feelings will necessarily come at an awful cost. It's an insidious bit of programming our abusers install to try to make us "allergic" to feeling better-- & it deserves to be SHREDDED.
May 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Many trauma survivors have the experience of being convinced any form of happiness or positive feelings will necessarily come at an awful cost. It's an insidious bit of programming our abusers install to try to make us "allergic" to feeling better-- & it deserves to be SHREDDED.
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Here's to every trauma survivor who feels as if they're some kind of alien trying to mimic the "normal" feelings & experiences of the humans around us. Trauma has this way of convincing us we're not part of the species-- when the truth is, we've been CONDITIONED to feel this way.
May 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Here's to every trauma survivor who feels as if they're some kind of alien trying to mimic the "normal" feelings & experiences of the humans around us. Trauma has this way of convincing us we're not part of the species-- when the truth is, we've been CONDITIONED to feel this way.
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! Have a wonderful day however way you want to feel peaceful, calm, and joyful. 😊🐇🌱🌸🌷⚘️🪺🐣
April 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Happy Easter to those who celebrate! Have a wonderful day however way you want to feel peaceful, calm, and joyful. 😊🐇🌱🌸🌷⚘️🪺🐣
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“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” Martin Luther King Jr.
There’s no race. You can pause, breathe, come back later.
One thing. One step. That’s enough.
🧡
#kindness #positivity
Picture by @anxiety.positive
There’s no race. You can pause, breathe, come back later.
One thing. One step. That’s enough.
🧡
#kindness #positivity
Picture by @anxiety.positive
April 17, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” Martin Luther King Jr.
There’s no race. You can pause, breathe, come back later.
One thing. One step. That’s enough.
🧡
#kindness #positivity
Picture by @anxiety.positive
There’s no race. You can pause, breathe, come back later.
One thing. One step. That’s enough.
🧡
#kindness #positivity
Picture by @anxiety.positive
And maybe tea as well! 📚📖☕️🍫
April 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
And maybe tea as well! 📚📖☕️🍫