Trauma bonding occurs when someone is in a relationship with an abuser who uses a combination of intermittent reinforcement of reward (i.e. intense love and excitement) and punishment (i.e. neglect, abuse, and/or mistreatment) to create a powerful emotional bond that is extremely resistant to ...
These personality traits can be expressed in varying degrees, which impacts how we interact with the world around us. For example, people with higher openness would be open to trying a new restaurant. On the other side, someone with lower openness might want to stick to their go-to food or...
Focus on safety, health, and values rather than sweating the small stuff to reduce tension. Not insisting on immediate behavior change often builds a stronger parent-child bond. Your child will learn to behave over time, although their behavior does not change immediately. Change takes time and ...
That helps me to ground myself in reality again and it has also helped me many times to find a solution or a first step that I can take to start changing this situation into something better if that is needed. Step 5: Stop making a mountain out of a molehill. Another thing that ofte...
Injury:Know how when you pick at a pimple, you get that red-browny scar that won’t piss off, no matter how much Vitamin E oil you use on it? That’s because it’snota scar, it’s post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, which comes about after trauma or injury to the skin. It can al...
Anxiety:Flashback to the tragic event. Abused children avoid social gatherings as they assume people are staring at them. They have panic attacks to visit places that feel unsafe and reminded of trauma. Nightmare:Children have nightmares about the person who did wrong to them. Most children fea...
And let’s be real,punching a boxing bagfeels incredibly satisfying when you’ve got pent-up energy about betrayal trauma or insecurities nagging at you. Plus, setting physical health goals keeps your focus forward-moving—towards strength, endurance, and resilience—not stuck in the p...
Before considering a split, attempt to manage jealousy healthily and collaborate with your spouse to find a solution. What is the root of all jealousy? Jealousy is caused by many different reasons, including prior traumas, insecurity, fear of abandonment, or a lack of trust. External circumstanc...
In this article, we want to convey how women and men in the Gambia understand sickness during the neonatal phase, what the perceived aetiologies are and how they try to prevent neonatal sickness and death through different infant feeding and nourishing practices. Throughout the analysis we are ...
“Early intervention is crucial to prevent a spiral of disadvantage for girls at risk of exclusion,” she says. This isn’t easy - it involves spotting an issue and then being able to give girls space and time to talk about what is upsetting them or things that they are processing. It...