This qualitative study explored the concept of trauma from the perspectives of 12 low-income, Black teens. Participants' descriptions included death and loss; violence exposure; police harassment, racism, and discrimination; poverty; being stuck in the hood; and being bullied. While some of their ...
trauma can even affect us by increasing our pain threshold. This is, if we think about it, a very intelligent way our body reacts to protect us from further emotional and physical damage.
decide if you’re ready to invest the time and emotional energy needed to face what you’ve needed to repress in your body, whether pain or pleasure. It takes work and courage, deciding to try to recontextualize your own self-hatred, shame, and trauma into self-love, curiosity, and ...
Parents will still send emails in the evening, but you do not have to know about it. Once you set that boundary—it is hard at first—people will expect and respect it. How do you define what makes a good teacher? Video When I was in the classroom, I foun...
I found myself uniquely positioned to be able to speak about childhood trauma. But I had to make a decision first. I had to decide, did I want to just share the bright and shiny parts of my life, you know, those ones that we put out on social media that make us all look perfect...
I will do that, thank you. I gave some examples of typical microaggressions in my introduction a moment ago, but let’s dig into the definition in a little more detail. How do you define a microaggression? What kinds of actions or words constitute microaggressions? Sue: Well, micro...
But for those who experience severe trauma(创伤), such painful memories can leave people with life-changing mental conditions. So, what if traumatic memories did not have to cause so much ___ ? For now, the work is happening in mice. Neuroscientists usually define a singular memory as a...
Talk therapy: Talk therapy can help lower stress levels, process trauma, or assist in developing healthy habits that can manage symptoms. Therapy, particularly cognitive behavioral therapy, has long been shown to be aneffective treatmentoption for depression. With online therapists, like those availabl...
positive things, and that being “messed up” will be a lifelong, integral part of them. As such, positive things are for other folks, and change for the good is something that might be attainable but rarely is, due to the falls and flaws that define the lives of those with trauma. ...
Take the role of communication with our partner, the messages we learned about sexuality in our formative years, medical illness, trauma, feeling desired, and being sick or stressed, just to name a few. But there is another important consideration: How much is our sexual desire affecte...