Have you ever been in a situation where you act in a way that doesn’t even make sense to you? For example, you and your partner are arguing and, suddenly, you find yourself yelling, running away, or doing something, that when calm, you would never do? Or do you ever...
When you think about traumatic events, you most likely think of significant occurrences like natural disasters or violence during war. These types of incidents, known as big T traumas, can leave emotional wounds that continue long after the threat is over. Post...
Most of us are relatively familiar with how trauma’s impact manifests outwardly: fear, feeling disconnected from others, nightmares or flashbacks, profound changes in the way we think about the world. However, we are often less familiar with the physical impact that...
The Impact of Collective Trauma. I recently saw a post online that said something along the lines of, “It’s getting pretty exhausting living through a historical event every 6 minutes,” and it really hit home. Between COVID, social unrest, political turmoil, natural...
First off, let me be the first to tell you that working through your past trauma is so worth it. Let me also be the first to tell you, because I value honesty, that it is really, really hard. Trauma therapy is the putting back together of yourself and your world after...