Humans are resilient . Those who experience trauma mostly cope. When their homes are destroyed by earthquakes, they rebuild them and carry on .Even the mass bombing of cities in the second world war did not break civilian morale. Nonetheless , the world should take the collective mental damage...
Racial trauma, or race-based traumatic stress, refers to "any kind of a mental or emotional injury that can be caused by encounters with racial bias, ethnic discrimination, racism and hate crimes," Wizdom Powell, director of the University of Connecticut's Health Disparities Institute, tellsCNBC...
Trauma dumping can be hazardous to your friendships and mental health. Yes. The last months have been stressful and a lot of us have pent-up emotions that we’d like to air. That’s no excuse for unloading negativity onto the unsuspecting. Don’t kid yourself that trauma dumping is the ...
we began to put up barriers of protection to keep other people from hurting us.Although in many cases these barriers protected us, the reality is that they slowly begin to trap us inside, limiting our ability to experience truefreedomand authenticity in our day-to-day lives and...
Dissociation is a mental process that can occur in response totrauma, stress, or overwhelming situations. It involves a temporary disconnection between a person’s thoughts, feelings, memories, and sense of identity or reality. Dissociation can be a survival coping mechanism that allows individuals ...
A narcissist's strategies to control a relationship often leave the other person feeling dependent on the narcissist for validation. This is called a trauma bond and breaking that bond can bealmost impossible without support. Peer support, or support you get from people who have been in the sam...
The real cure to trauma is courage, and the opposite of depression is expression. So here I am, brave enough to not only own up to my past but tell my story. By doing so I let the light in, the light that I can now share with you....
What to do to stop overthinking about it: Journaling can help you process your thoughts Journaling is highly effective because it helps your brain to process your thoughts, feelings, and even visuals attached to the emotional trauma of cheating. This helps your body/spirit responds to your inner...
You can develop a more robust understanding of how to love yourself You can heal old traumas and wounds You get access to universal energies that can help you shift out of dark places like self-doubt, anxiety, rumination, or even the Dark Night of the Soul (aka. spiritual crisis) You ...
Mental Health Review JournalSweeney, A., Clement, S., Filson, B., & Kennedy, A. (2016). Trauma-informed mental healthcare in the UK: What is it and how can we further its development? Mental Health Review Journal, 21(3), 174-192....