Author Archives: Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

About Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

Former tall ship sailor turned trauma awareness activist-artist Shay Seaborne, CPTSD has studied the neurobiology of fear / trauma /PTSD since 2015. She writes, speaks, teaches, and makes art to convey her experiences as well as her understanding of the neurobiology of fear, trauma theory, and principles of trauma recovery. A native of Northern Virginia, Shay settled in Delaware to sail KALMAR NYCKEL, the state’s tall ship. She wishes everyone could recognize PTSD is not a mental health problem, but a neurophysiological condition rooted in dysregulation, our mainstream culture is neuro-negative, and we need to understand we can heal ourselves and each other through awareness, understanding, and safe connection.

“Lexapro, NO! Cannabis, YES!”

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

I want to share some tools I use to survive and integrate my experiences, compared to what the mental illness industry offers. After the non-consensual surgery, my nervous system desperately needed support to regain a sense of safety. Instead, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Mental Health | Tagged Behavioral Health, cannabis, cuckoo's nest, dependence, drugs, hypocrisy, integration, medical marijuana, Mental Health, MMJ, Nervous System, polypharmacy, psych meds, psychiatric hospital, psychiatry, psychotropic medications, Regulation, Stress, survival, Trauma | Leave a comment

The Anatomy of Impunity: Prince Andrew and the Culture of Power

Posted on October 20, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

Prince Andrew’s recent controversies have reignited discussions about the intersection of power, privilege, and sexualized violence. At the heart of these discussions lies a troubling pattern: individuals in positions of power often evade accountability, not merely due to personal failings … Continue reading →

Posted in Accountability | Tagged accountability, Epstein files, justice, Prince Andrew, sexual Assault, sexualized violence, Virginia Guiffre | Leave a comment

From Personal Trauma to Systemic Abuse, the Antidote is the Same

Posted on October 17, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

The same dynamics I experienced as a child–unpredictable abuse, bystanders who froze, and systems that protected the abuser–are now playing out on a much larger scale in the world. In medical systems, the same patterns repeat. People suffer abuse, neglect, … Continue reading →

Posted in Abuse, Politics | Tagged authoritaianism, Community, creating, dancing, Domination, laughter, politics, resistance, singing, support, survival | Leave a comment

How Repeated Medical Abuse Conditions the Nervous System

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

Fabrizio Benedetti’s insights into conditioning in his book, “The Patient’s Brain: The neuroscience behind the doctor-patient relationship,” are highly relevant for understanding how repeated medical abuse can shape a person’s nervous system. Conditioning—where the nervous system learns through repeated experiences—plays … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare, PTSD | Tagged doctor-patient relationship, health, healthcare, Medical PTSD, Medicine, pain, PTSD, trust | Leave a comment

Foundations of Regulation: Interpersonal Neurobiology Made Easy!

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

The Foundations of Regulation course helps you understand and experience your internal responses, without pressure, judgment, or performance. Everything is optional, and every practice is designed for you to explore at your own pace. You learn the key Interpersonal Neurobiology … Continue reading →

Posted in Neurobiology | Tagged Foundations of Regulation, interpersonal neurobiology, IPNB, Nervous System, relationships, self, therapy | Leave a comment

Safe Hands Helped Me Face a Memory Too Heavy to Hold Alone

Posted on October 13, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

The body often holds onto what the mind can’t touch. Early experiences we didn’t have the chance to process can stay with us for a lifetime. Working with a safe witness can help the body and memory meet in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare | Tagged abandonment, baby, birth, birth trauma, connection, craio-sacral, freeze, healing, Moro Reflex, osteopath, safety, shift, traumatic birth, witnessing | Leave a comment

How I Came to See the Mental Illness Industry as One of the Biggest Frauds of All Time

Posted on October 10, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

For most of my life, I believed the people in white coats were there to help. I thought psychiatrists and therapists were part of a system built to understand suffering, to care for people in distress, to ease pain. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Mental Health | Tagged abuse, Behavioral Health, diagnoses, fraud, gaslighting, Medicine, Mental Health, mental illness industry, metal illness, neglect, profiteering, psychiatry, revenue, standard treatment, treatment | Leave a comment

World Mental Health Day: Understanding the Root Causes of Mental Health Conditions Through an IPNB Lens

Posted on October 10, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

As we recognize World Mental Health Day on October 10th, it’s important to step back and examine the deeper, systemic causes of the global mental health crisis. From an Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) perspective, mental health is not just an individual … Continue reading →

Posted in Mental Health | Tagged baboons, Behavioral Health, connection, cortisol, Domination, hierarchy, Inequality, interpersonal neurobiology, IPNB, Mental Health, safety, Sapolsky, Stress, World Mental Health Day | Leave a comment

The Midwife Who Couldn’t Stop Talking

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

Having midwife care for the births of my two babies and for years after, I recently turned to midwives again. My trust in gynecology had been destroyed by non-consensual cutting and the institutional betrayal that protects the abusive doctor and … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare | Tagged accountability, apology, blabbing, dysregulation, Interpersonal Neurobiolgy, IPNB, midwife, misattunement, relationship, repair, rupture | Leave a comment

ChristianaCare: Fortress of Wealth, Desert of Care

Posted on October 6, 2025 by Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

ChristianaCare is sitting on rising profits while the amount of free care it provides to the poor hasn’t budged in years. Spotlight Delaware reports that in 2023, the hospital system spent less than one percent of its budget on charity … Continue reading →

Posted in Healthcare | Tagged accountability, budget, ChristianaCare, Community, corporate medicine, healthcare, hospital, IPNB, profits, rupture | Leave a comment