Parents often want to give their children what they never had. But unresolved trauma can shape parenting in ways we don’t ...
It’s easy to recognize that anxiety can be passed down to us from our parents, whose parents (my grandparents) were probably ...
Trauma surrounds us. Perhaps you recall the abduction in April 2014 of 276 schoolgirls from a government secondary school in Chibok, Nigeria. Or Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children. Or the ...
According to many therapists and mental health professionals, sometimes trauma isn't derived from one-time, extreme life events like a tragic tornado, a school shooting or a car crash. Many people ...
Trauma dumping, the act of sharing deeply personal and emotional experiences in a public, unfiltered manner, has become increasingly popular on TikTok. While it offers some users a sense of catharsis, ...
Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...
According to many therapists and mental health professionals, sometimes trauma isn't derived from one-time, extreme life events like a tragic tornado, a school shooting or a car crash. Many people ...
Psychological trauma is a response to an event that a person finds highly stressful. Examples include being in a war zone, a natural disaster, or an accident. Trauma can cause a wide range of physical ...
Nick Haslam receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Our health consumes a growing share of our economy and our attention, but we are not in great shape. Even as a ruinous pandemic ...
In early 2019, Danielle Falcon sat in her Marine Corps cammies, huddled in her car in an empty lot outside Camp Courtney, in Okinawa, Japan. Tears streamed down her face as she breathed heavily, ...