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. Shay writes, speaks, teaches, and makes art to convey their experiences and their 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. However, they were disabled from serving as crew due to the deep harm from the medical industry after they asked for help with recovery from severe Complex PTSD.

Shay was sucked into a trauma-generating machine when they entered the mainstream Western healthcare system. In the halls of corporatized medicine, they encountered providers who wouldn’t listen, didn’t care, didn’t understand their condition, prescribed dangerous medications without appropriate protocols, and were even willing to intentionally abuse them and violate their rights to make money off their vulnerability. The maltreatment was so outrageously barbaric and harmful that Shay decided they must do what they can to raise awareness and stop the abuse of trauma survivors.

Disabled by the people and institutions they turned to for help, the sailor became a Relational Neuroscience Educator, artist, and activist for safety in medicine. Shay paints watercolors about their experiences and the neurobiology of trauma, the horrors of the mental illness industry and its standard treatments, and Relational Neuroscience concepts. Shay started the #TraumaAwareAmerica initiative to spread awareness that PTSD is a neurophysiological condition involving entrained firing patterns of the subcortical brain, particularly the amygdala; that nearly all mental health conditions can be traced back to Developmental Trauma and chronic stress; and we can heal ourselves and each other through awareness, understanding, and safe connection.

More about Shay and Their work:

Website: shayseaborne.com
Facebook Page: Trauma Aware America
Facebook Groups:
Trauma Aware America Group
Instagram: shayseaborne_cptsd
YouTube: Trauma Awareness with Shay Seaborne, CPTSD

DISCLAIMER: This is not medical, psychological, pharmaceutical, or legal advice. The contents of this site represent Shay Seaborne, CPTSD’s lived experience and their understanding of the neurobiology of trauma through study and application.