by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Aug 12, 2026 | Building Resilience in Healing, Mental Health Professional, Post Traumatic Growth
There is a strange thing that can happen when a trauma survivor finally reaches a quieter life. They do not relax; they wait. They wait for the phone call, the slammed door, the accusation, the shift in someone’s tone, the bill they forgot, the person...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Jul 9, 2026 | Hypervigilance
Some trauma survivors are strangely good in a crisis. Not pretend-good. Actually good. They can make the call, pack the bag, drive through the storm, calm the child, read the room, manage the drunk relative, talk someone down, hide their own fear, remember...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Jul 6, 2026 | CPTSD and Parenting, Mental Health Professional, Parenting With Trauma
Plenty of children never needed fixing, they needed adults who could tell guidance from control and knew when to protect a developing self rather than reshape it to satisfy adult fear, image, religion, family loyalty, gender rules, envy, convenience, or unexamined...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | Jun 26, 2026 | CPTSD, Mental Health Professional
Some people cannot answer a simple question with a simple answer. They deliver the fact, then the context, then the reason, then the exception, and, finally, the disclaimer meant to head off any possible misinterpretation or misunderstanding. They hear the extra...
by Dr. Mozelle Martin | May 19, 2026 | CPTSD, Mental Health Professional
People do not always hold onto what harms them because they are irrational. A lot of the time, they hold onto it because they know what is waiting underneath. That is the part public talk about addiction still gets wrong. It treats the substance as the whole problem,...