How Trauma Can Impact Our Bodies
Trauma rewires our brains. It turns on our fight/flight/freeze response. Our brains often struggle to recover from this. The human...
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Trauma rewires our brains. It turns on our fight/flight/freeze response. Our brains often struggle to recover from this. The human...
continue reading »“PTSD is a whole-body tragedy, an integral human event of enormous proportions with massive repercussions.” – Susan Pease Banitt Individuals...
continue reading »EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a type of treatment for trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder...
continue reading »Natural disasters. Sexual assault. Physical assault. Witnessing an act of violence. The sudden death of a parent or close friend....
continue reading »Life often catches us off-guard with its messiness. Grief intrudes into our lives, whether it’s through the loss of a...
continue reading »There is a lot in this world that is worth celebrating. The smile of a child, a bright sunny summer...
continue reading »When Sally was eight, her father suddenly left her mother for another woman. Sally desperately loved her father, but he...
continue reading »The effects of trauma can be obvious or subtle, or even unknown to the sufferer. Sometimes it feels like life...
continue reading »Sandy was in a rollover car accident that left her with a few scratches, while her son was hospitalized with...
continue reading »According to statistics, 1 in 4 girls and 1 in 6 boys experience child sexual abuse, or CSA. This heartbreaking...
continue reading »“Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: The past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their...
continue reading »“We need God’s gospel to suffer well. We need it every day, and never more than when life hurts. The...
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