5 Reminders for Survivors of Trauma
Learn from a trauma therapist, who also has lived experience, some of the important aspects of recovering after surviving a traumatic experience.
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Your Trauma IS Valid: The Journey to Understanding My PTSD
Like any mental illness, PTSD is not one-size-fits all, requiring some trial and error to find the best path for recovery. I can tell you, though, that working on even one aspect of your trauma can make a vast difference in your life.
The Treatment of Choice for Trauma
For someone seeking care for trauma, experiential, body-focused methods can be more helpful than traditional talk therapies.
Six Self-Care Tips on Overcoming Abuse-Related Trauma
While trauma is a terrible thing for someone to go through, that doesn’t mean that you have to live with it for the rest of your life. Recovering from abuse-related trauma can be incredibly challenging, but it is possible. Here are six tips you can do to help you in the healing process. […]
My Journey into Postpartum Bipolar and Back Again
Since 2010, there has been an increasing number of studies assessing the connection between childhood trauma and the development of bipolar disorder. In a 2020 review, a team of international researchers concluded that "exposure to childhood trauma during neurodevelopmental stages earlier in life, including young adulthood, contributes to an increased risk of developing bipolar […]
How Therapy Helped Me Manage Trauma
"It was not until I was a 24 -year-old woman sitting in a therapy session for the first time that I learned the importance and value of acknowledging and choosing a healthy response to trauma."
Police Perspective: The impact of trauma on law enforcement spouses
[…] This schedule lasted for about four months, and it became extremely isolating. Many family and friends were supportive, but a lot of people couldn’t deal with the trauma. They would break down crying on the phone. Or people were afraid to call because they didn’t want to intrude. The last thing you want to […]
Trauma and Internalized Shame
[…] has no scientific evidence of actually changing a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity and can cause long lasting mental health issues from the various types of trauma inflicted. Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell From 1993 to 2011, “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was the official position of the U.S. military. Lesbian, gay and bisexual people […]
What Safety Means as a Trauma Survivor
[…] lit up in the living room, and me looking out the window at the snow on the ground while warmly wrapped up in a blanket inside. For trauma survivors, feeling safe is very important.Most of us have experienced moments when we were not safe emotionally or physically. We may be constantly thinking there is […]
When Trauma Is Triggered at Work
[…] in recovery from mental illness and have been on a positive path for the last few years. In the past, I have struggled with depression, anxiety, unresolved trauma, an eating disorder and, later, bipolar disorder. Recently, I have felt more balanced and stable with the help of regular therapy and appropriate medication. However, I […]