
How To Stop A TRAUMA STORM
When too many bad things happen at once, that’s what I call a “trauma storm.” It’s a pile-up of events that puts you in crisis
When too many bad things happen at once, that’s what I call a “trauma storm.” It’s a pile-up of events that puts you in crisis
If you tend to go into a stress response when you try to communicate feelings, you may be showing signs you weren’t listened to as
When the world around you becomes unstable, there are two basic energies you can adopt. For those who went through trauma as a child, it’s
You hear this a lot among people who experienced childhood trauma. They have trouble shaking the feeling that they’re somehow different, as if everyone else
When we talk about the possible lifelong effects of Childhood PTSD (my own term for Complex PTSD originating from early abuse and neglect), we’re usually
Just like other people, most of us who grew up with childhood trauma want to be, or are in, a loving partnership or marriage. My
Most people are familiar with PTSD flashbacks — the kind we associate with combat veterans who are haunted by a war memory. With Chronic PTSD
Even though the abuse and neglect we endured in childhood is long over, the lingering effects can leave us depressed, anxious, negative and disempowered —
For me, one of the biggest burdens of my past was in my relationship to anger. When I was a kid, the adults in my
Adults who experienced early trauma are prone to dysregulation of the brain and nervous system, especially in response to stress. Dysregulation, in turn, can trigger