by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Feb 2, 2026 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
Antinatalism is often mislabeled as nihilism. It isn’t hatred of life, nor is it the rejection of love. In clinical reality, it is what happens when empathy outruns endurance—when people who have witnessed too much pain begin to believe that non-creation is the final...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Jan 15, 2026 | CPTSD, Estrangement, Family Estrangement, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
The recent Oprah clip ricocheting across X demonstrates something most people prefer to pretend doesn’t exist. A woman sits across from Oprah and says she hasn’t spoken to her entire family for a year and a half. No calls. No texts. Nothing. Oprah repeats it back to...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Dec 18, 2025 | Brain Chemistry, CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Emotional Wellness, Guest Contributor, Mental Health Professional
There are certain traits that trauma survivors downplay because they sound far-fetched to those who have never lived inside chronic unpredictability. One of the most common is the ability to sense danger before any visible cue appears. Not fear, not a hunch, but a...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Dec 3, 2025 | Complex PTSD Healing, CPTSD, CPTSD Research, CPTSD Survivor Stories, Emotional Flashbacks, Mental Health Awareness, Mental Health Professional
Tears, tremors, and vivid descriptions can be compelling. They are not proof. In complex trauma, memory is less a film reel and more a patchwork of emotional flashbulbs, fragments, and protective edits. Somatic reactions tell us that something mattered to the nervous...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Nov 20, 2025 | CPTSD, CPTSD and PTSD, Medication, Trauma-Informed
Psychiatric medication saves lives. It also leaves some patients feeling dulled, detached, or stalled. Both can be true at once. The common narrative favors quick slogans about stabilization and getting a life back. Trauma work requires a harder question: are we...
