Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders
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Beyond The Individual: A Look at Parents With PTSD
Loud noises. Crowded places. Feeling overwhelmed or like things are out of control. All of these things are associated with being a parent..
Connections Between Trauma and Addiction
People who have experienced trauma typically need to devise coping strategies for handling stress. Unfortunately for many people, addictio..
Ride Of Terror: Response to Trauma
The cranking of metallic safety bars generates an echo of laughter as the wheels of the vibrant cart begin to roar. Riding on the high of..
Living in a Sea of Faces- Life with Prosopagnosia
Everyone has had that awkward encounter where someone comes up to you and says hello, and you have no idea who that person is. Maybe there..
Alexithymia in Dissociation and PTSD
“There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.” (Laurell K. Hamilton, Mistral’s..
A Picture of the Past: Dissociative Disorders
A picture is a memory frozen in time. I own the memories. However, looking back, I find myself looking through the lens of the camera, de..
How the Brain Adapts After Trauma
The humming of a perfect melody fills the room when a tiny silver dial is wound clockwise. Inside a metallic box, a petite woman dressed ..
Healing After Trauma: Dissociation and Trauma
Trauma has no type; It haunts the soldier dreaming to reunite with his family, only to realize home now feels like a battle zone. Trauma o..
Older and Wiser? Truths and Myths About Age and Wisdom
You learn as you grow, that is what most people think about wisdom and time. As we got through life and face various hardships, we not onl..
Life After Trauma
“Some people’s lives seem to flow in a narrative; mine had many stops and starts. That’s what trauma does. It interrupts the plot. It just..