mindfulness notices urge without following

Calm Victorian beach noon with blank canvas displaying merged to separate lines on easel, independent driftwood pairs, Bass Strait backdrop, representing CPTSD codependency, avoidance traps, merging fears, and balanced connection in trauma recovery.

CPTSD Codependency: Relational Traps

This week the brush navigates relational traps: codependency merging to avoid abandonment, avoidance fleeing closeness. Inherited fears interconnected with trust and self-view. A balanced connection emerges.

Written by: Blank Canvas

Published on: 09/06/2026

About

I’m Elara Thorne, a 35-year-old artist tucked away on the Victorian coast, gathering driftwood and watching Bass Strait storms roll through. Behind the pseudonym and the paint lies the long shadow of a childhood shaped by a combat veteran father’s anger, silence and neglect. This blog is my canvas for Complex PTSD – raw, disguised stories of hypervigilance, alcohol’s haze, depression’s grey wash, and the slow, stubborn return of colour. No confessions, just strokes towards something new.

© 2026 Strokes on a Blank Canvas