Understanding Why Trauma Bonds Form and How to Break Them
Trauma is an emotional result of a distressing, shocking, or life-threatening incident. It is not the event itself that causes the trauma, but rather a person’s reaction to it. Half of U.S. adults will experience at least one traumatic event in their lifetimes. For...
When Breaking Free from an Abuser Feels Impossible
Examining extreme trauma bonds With the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), approximating that 41% of women and 26% of men have experienced sexual violence, physical violence, psychological aggression or stalking by an intimate partner during their...
When Survival Is Your Safety
Honoring the Intelligence within Your Nervous System For those who have lived through high-stress childhoods and ongoing stress, survival is not just a response—it becomes a way of being, sometimes the only way you know how to exist without even realizing you may be...
Afraid To Be With others? Afraid to be Alone? All or Nothing
Do you isolate yourself from others and feel safer alone? Or are you afraid to be alone and choose to always be with company? It is likely that these behaviors are coping strategies you’ve developed, and today, I’d like to talk about why and what to do about them now...