Seasonal Affective Disorder and Its Interaction with Complex Trauma
In the last article in this series of four posts on seasonal affective disorder SAD and its relation to complex trauma, we examined together with their definitions and each of their symptoms. As a short recap, seasonal affective disorder is a form of major depression...Living with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
I startle easily, I’m hypersensitive, and I often feel as if I am floating above my body. I fluctuate between being here one moment and looking down on myself the next. Crying comes on randomly. Sometimes it happens because of a class lecture. Sometimes it’s nothing...
Seasonal Affective Disorder, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Complex Relational Trauma
Everyone experiences some version of the winter blues when they are caught inside and unable to move about as much as they would like because of the cold and snow. But some people experience a type of major depression that affects them in the fall and winter called...
Holiday Time After Experiencing Trauma
Thanksgiving and Christmas time have once again descended upon us, bringing unique challenges for those who have experienced trauma. It doesn’t matter whether the trauma happened yesterday or decades in the past; it has a habit of coloring how we see the...