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The Crappy Childhood Fairy Podcast with Anna Runkle

I’m Anna Runkle, also known as the Crappy Childhood Fairy, and I teach people to recognize and heal the symptoms of Childhood Trauma. Welcome to my podcast!I’m not a doctor or therapist; I know about childhood trauma because I lived it, and I discovered a radical approach to healing that focuses first on calming neurological dysregulation, which is common in people who grew up with abuse and neglect. In my podcasts, I teach about dysregulation – how to know if you have it, what it can do to your body, your thinking and your relationships, and what to do to m...

Avoidant People Are Often Drawn to People They Can't Have

18 mins; January 24, 2024

Socializing is Stressful for People with CPTSD; Is it Controlling Your Life?

14 mins; January 22, 2024

Why You Cling The Most to People Who Treat You You The Worst

85 hours 28 mins; January 21, 2024

The Cost of Making Other People the Center of Your Life

19 mins; January 19, 2024

CPTSD Healing Requires Freedom From Others’ Agenda

12 mins; January 17, 2024

What I Learned in 25 Years of Recovery

47 mins; January 15, 2024

CPTSD and the Urge to Cling To Bad Relationships (4-Video Compilation)

86 hours 25 mins; January 14, 2024

If It Leaves You Sad and Empty, it May Be Time to Let Them Go

11 mins; January 12, 2024

To Heal Trauma, Stop Fitting Yourself to Unacceptable People and Situations

13 mins; January 10, 2024

Heal Dysregulation To Bring Calm To Your Emotions and Your Nervous System

15 mins; January 08, 2024

What to Do When You're Not Getting Better

74 hours 29 mins; January 07, 2024

This Trauma Wound Makes You Crave Love, Then Run Away

12 mins; January 05, 2024

CPTSD Can Cause You to "Go Unconscious" In Hard Relationships

21 mins; January 03, 2024

CPTSD is a Wound That Makes It So Hard to Connect

14 mins; December 29, 2023

How to Build The Life You Want (Even Though They Didn't Tell You HOW)

21 mins; December 27, 2023

The Number One Reason Traumatized People Pull Away

14 mins; December 25, 2023

The Real Reason The World Needs You To Heal From Trauma

47 mins; December 24, 2023

CPTD Makes You Fill Your Life with Half-Relationships

19 mins; December 22, 2023

Childhood Neglect and The High Cost of Trying to Be “Good Enough”

24 mins; December 20, 2023

To Be a Light in Hard Times, Ask Yourself This (and Take Action on the Answers)

44 mins; December 18, 2023

Overcoming Trauma is a Step by Step Process (4-Video Compilation)

71 hours 30 mins; December 17, 2023

CPTSD Blinds You to Signs They Are TAKING From You But Don't Care

23 mins; December 15, 2023

CPTSD Wounds Can Make You Worry Constantly, Even When Things Are Fine

31 mins; December 13, 2023

This Form of Writing Is Effective For Healing Trauma & Physical/Mental Health

42 mins; December 11, 2023

Putting All Your Focus On Another Person's Problems Robs You of a Happy Life

107 hours 16 mins; December 10, 2023

No, You're Not Obliged to Lend an Ear to Troubled "Friends"

10 mins; December 08, 2023

Neglectful Parents Condition You to Love Unavailable People

18 mins; December 06, 2023

When Past Trauma Has You Stuck, Do This

23 mins; December 04, 2023

FIRST Get The Trauma Out Of Your Life, THEN Help Others

10 mins; December 01, 2023

How To Break Your Obsession With Winning Impossible Love

11 mins; November 29, 2023

After Terrible Things Have Happened, Here's How to Build A HAPPY LIFE

93 hours 32 mins; November 19, 2023

Stop Reactivating Trauma Wounds With "Partners" You Never See

21 mins; November 13, 2023

Staying Stuck in Bad Jobs, Bad Relationships FEELs Like The Safe Choice: Here's Why

25 mins; November 10, 2023

What to Say to Doctors Who Don't Understand Childhood Trauma

24 mins; November 08, 2023

How Good Boundaries Set You Free to Enjoy Your Relationships

128 hours 34 mins; November 06, 2023

Their Behavior Generates Insecurity And Obsession In YOU

19 mins; November 03, 2023

Neglect In Childhood Primes You to Eroticize Abandonment

22 mins; November 02, 2023

Some People Feel Betrayed When YOU Heal Your Trauma

18 mins; October 30, 2023

Childhood Neglect And The Feeling That You Can Never Belong

76 hours 2 mins; October 27, 2023

If You "Throw" Love At Unavailable People, It Could Be From Wounds of Neglect

21 mins; October 25, 2023

How to Set Boundaries When They're Obsessed With Their Next Love Object

13 mins; October 18, 2023

When Too Many Bad Things Happen At Once, DO THIS To Hold On, Stay Strong

26 mins; October 16, 2023

Why You Didn't See The Red Flags

97 hours 2 mins; October 15, 2023

Why You Fall For Unavailable People

16 mins; October 11, 2023

When You Can't Understand Why You KEEP Making Similar, Destructive Choices

30 mins; October 06, 2023

The Real Story of Why I Quit Talk Therapy

24 mins; October 02, 2023

Neglect in Childhood Taught You to FIT Yourself to Unacceptable People

153 hours 22 mins; October 01, 2023

How to Take Space From Difficult People FOR NOW (While You Decide If It's Forever)

16 mins; September 29, 2023

Expecting New Partners to "Meet Your Needs" Will Push Them Away

22 mins; September 27, 2023

Hiding Others' Abusive Acts Desensitizes You: That's What They Want

21 mins; September 26, 2023

Neglect in Your Childhood Trained You to Pretend You're OK

159 hours 46 mins; September 24, 2023

Feeling Manipulated & Discarded Is Your Sign to Get Away

14 mins; September 22, 2023

"Fawning" Is A Trauma Response That Leaves You Vulnerable to BAD TREATMENT

12 mins; September 20, 2023

When You Heal These Behaviors Everything Gets Better

20 mins; September 18, 2023

Life FEELS Chaotic To People with Childhood PTSD, But Control Isn't The Answer

127 hours 44 mins; September 17, 2023

Your Attractiveness Grows When You Heal Your Unmet Childhood Needs

14 mins; September 15, 2023

How a Lack of Boundaries Makes You Invisible and Alone

30 mins; September 13, 2023

Your Career Advances Quickly When You Heal These Trauma Symptoms

158 hours 5 mins; August 27, 2023

My Response to PESSIMISTS and MORE Answers to Great Questions from the Comment Section

54 mins; August 25, 2023

Limerence Confuses Your Ability to Tell What's REAL

12 mins; August 23, 2023

How to Tell If Your Relationship is Suffering Because ONE of You Is Codependent

27 mins; August 22, 2023

Learn My Top Tips for Healing Past Trauma and Changing Your Life

162 hours 58 mins; August 06, 2023

Working Harder Than Most Other People COULD Be Over-Functioning

10 mins; August 04, 2023

If Others' Success Fills You With Pain, Here's What to Do

9 mins; August 02, 2023

These Five Phases Show You Where You've Healed CPTSD and What's Next

13 mins; July 31, 2023

Why It's So Hard to Tell When Someone Else Is The Problem (and When It's Just You)

93 hours 9 mins; July 30, 2023

Attachment Wounds Rob You Of The Feeling of “Home”

15 mins; July 28, 2023

How Abandonment Wounds Trick You Into Staying With People Who Mistreat You

29 mins; July 26, 2023

Your Work Life Gets Better When You Heal THESE CPTSD Symptoms

41 mins; July 24, 2023

The Limerent Flip: Facing Rejection Becomes So Unbearable You Stay Obsessed

12 mins; July 21, 2023

People Neglected in Childhood Can't See BIG HOLES In New Relationships

27 mins; July 19, 2023

Signs You Weren't Listened to As a Child

17 mins; July 17, 2023

Hyper-Intense Reactions to Stress Damages Relationships; Here's What to Do

143 hours 40 mins; July 16, 2023

Why fantasy hurts your ability to form REAL relationships

179 hours 34 mins; July 16, 2023

LIMERENCE: Major Losses Trigger Obsessive Love

16 mins; July 14, 2023

Drama-Free Strategies to Keep Family Members From Ruining Your Day

13 mins; July 12, 2023

Friendship Skills For People Who Didn't Learn This At Home

19 mins; July 10, 2023

How to Heal Your Trauma-Driven Thinking So You Can Make Better Decisions

104 hours 5 mins; July 09, 2023

Why Traumatized People Struggle With Friendships (and How You Can Heal)

98 hours 29 mins; July 07, 2023

Sometimes Your Strength is The Reason They Turn On You

15 mins; July 05, 2023

Emotional Dysregulation Ruins Even The Best Relationships

18 mins; July 03, 2023

Demoralization: How to Resuscitate The GOOD In You & Recover Faith In The Future

25 mins; July 02, 2023

Crisis-Stage Codependency: How You Know It's Happening

28 mins; June 29, 2023

Anxious Attachment Style: Overcome Your Urge to MERGE and CLING in Early Relationships

24 mins; June 26, 2023

Narcissistic Traits vs. 'REAL' Narcissism

121 hours 38 mins; June 23, 2023

Heal Your Avoidant Attachment Style Before It Drains Your Life of Love and Meaning

91 hours 21 mins; June 21, 2023

Heal Chaos and Overwhelm: DECLUTTER Every Part of Your Life

37 mins; June 16, 2023

The EMPTINESS You Feel Is Trying to TELL YOU Something

12 mins; June 09, 2023

Brain Dysregulation: How to Know If It's Happening (and What to Do About It)

7 mins; June 06, 2023

Trauma Wounds FLARE UP When You Begin Dating (Especially When They're Wonderful)

18 mins; June 02, 2023

Trauma Is a Multiplier for Isolation & Loneliness: Here's What to Do

33 mins; May 30, 2023

Do You Procrastinate MORE Than Most People? Here's What to Do

78 hours 36 mins; May 26, 2023

These Triggers Are “The Tell” That You were Neglected and Ostracized As a Child

5 mins; May 23, 2023

Once Paralyzed By Fear, It's time to Reactivate Your REAL SELF Now!

14 mins; May 19, 2023

If You Struggle To Maintain Good Relationships, THIS Is why

105 hours 17 mins; May 16, 2023

Healing Past Trauma Is How You End the Evil Cycle & Shine GOODNESS On All

17 mins; May 12, 2023

Fantasy Love & Under-Earning = ESCAPE Reactions to Early Trauma

34 mins; May 09, 2023

Here's How to Communicate What YOU Want So People Respect You

82 hours 8 mins; May 05, 2023

Burned Out, Resentful, and Busy All The Time? You Might Be an OVERFUNCTIONER

23 mins; May 02, 2023

You Think You're Helping, But You're Actually Pushing Your Friend Away

10 mins; April 28, 2023

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