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The Neurotransmitters of Seasonal Affective Disorder and Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

by Shirley Davis | Dec 28, 2020 | CPTSD, Holiday Stress, Seasonal Affective Disorder, Surviving the Holidays

The brain is a very complicated organ that rules over our lives engendering how we move, think, and feel. The way our brain cells (neurons) communicate with one another is by the use of chemicals known as neurotransmitters which they pass from one to the other. We...

Saying Goodbye to 2020 and Surviving the Holidays with Trauma Histories and SAD

by Shirley Davis | Dec 21, 2020 | CPTSD, Seasonal Affective Disorder

Healing from trauma is arduous at this time of year. The whole world seems to us to be joyous and happy while we feel exhausted and left out. We have struggled so hard on our healing journey that we do not wish to celebrate. This article is focused on saying goodbye...

Seasonal Affective Disorder and Its Interaction with Complex Trauma

by Shirley Davis | Dec 14, 2020 | CPTSD, Depression, Seasonal Affective Disorder

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...
Seasonal Affective Disorder, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Complex Relational Trauma

Seasonal Affective Disorder, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Complex Relational Trauma

by Shirley Davis | Dec 7, 2020 | CPTSD, Seasonal Affective Disorder

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...

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