Trauma and Its Effect on the Brain
Have you ever been curious about why, and how trauma survivors react to events, and other situations differently from others? As a trauma survivor, I started questioning why I am the way I am in certain situations. I have noticed all my life that most people...
How Trauma Turns Us Into Controllers—and How We Finally Learn to Let Go
People don’t become controlling because they enjoy it. They become controlling because trauma taught them that unpredictability is dangerous. When life blindsides you enough times, your nervous system starts operating like a private security detail—monitoring,...
When Emotional Distance is not Narcissism: Understanding the Quiet Adult Child
Families living with chronic instability often divide their children into roles that were never chosen. One child reacts loudly. Another reacts quietly. The loud one becomes the identified problem. The quiet one becomes the praised anomaly. The truth is less...
When a Single Sip Keeps You Awake
I have never been a drinker. Most people assume that means I didn’t like the taste or that I grew up in a strict household. The truth is simpler and more human. I was adopted at birth and raised as an only child by two functioning alcoholics. Nothing about that...