For many victims of trauma, the experiences that traumatized them happened when they were children. The brain resorts to disassociation as a way to protect itself from getting hurt again, and it is very common for people to carry that into adulthood. While disassociation does work as a survival strategy for a period of time, [...]
Many people experience trauma when they’re children, and the effects of that trauma are often carried with them into adulthood. When children are abused or neglected by people who are supposed to love them, they have to distance themselves from it emotionally. This fragmentation is a survival mechanism. It helps them to preserve their self-esteem, [...]
No matter how we try to avoid it, we must have some type of relationship with our thoughts and emotions. They are a part of who we are, and they are always with us, day in and day out. We have no choice but to relate to them in one way or another. Sometimes that [...]
Trauma can be debilitating, and for so many people who suffer from it, it is the reason they struggle to love themselves. Traumatized individuals often have terrible self-esteem. They may take certain actions or behave in numerous ways that go against everything they want to do or be. But the question is, why do they [...]
Integrating traumatic memories is a challenge that every traumatized person faces. It’s not possible to put these memories behind them until they can acknowledge what has happened. They also need to learn how to recognize the invisible issues they’re battling on a day-to-day basis. Traditional therapy methods focus on helping people learn why they feel [...]
Medications (and drugs, for that matter) have been used to help with psychological symptoms for decades. People have used alcohol, marijuana, cocaine, opioid drugs and other prescriptions as a way to cope with how they feel. This speaks to the desperation that many people experience when they’re dealing with trauma. However, that doesn’t mean that [...]
It’s possible that it has taken you some time to decide to go to trauma therapy. Now that you’ve made that decision, how do you know the best way to choose your therapist? It can be difficult to even know what criteria you should be looking for. The fact is that not everyone who calls [...]
The main struggle that most trauma victims encounter is being able to cope with everything they’re feeling. The traumatic event they lived through is something that often haunts them. No matter how hard they try, it’s a feeling that they can’t simply “shake off.” If you’ve lived through a trauma, you can’t help the way [...]
Self-leadership is something that people who have suffered through traumatic events often lack. They feel out of control of the way they feel. They often suffer from: Anxiety and/or depression Undeniable and unavoidable fear The fear of rejection Feelings of self-loathing Flashbacks and nightmares Continuous brain fog These experiences are very real for someone who [...]
It might seem like the scariest concept you’ve ever considered participating in. After all, you spend most of your life trying to escape the traumatic event that has engulfed you. Confronting trauma means looking it in the face and coming to terms with what happened to you. It certainly doesn’t sound like something you should [...]