When you've experienced trauma, even ordinary parts of daily life can sometimes feel overwhelming. Getting out of bed, managing responsibilities, interacting with others, or finding time to rest may be harder than you expect. Trauma can affect how your brain and nervous system respond to...
Somatic approaches are forms of trauma therapy that pay attention to what is happening in the body, not just what you’re thinking or remembering. Trauma can affect the nervous system long after a stressful or frightening experience is over. You may intellectually know that you...
Trauma can affect you in many ways, and it does not always come from a physical injury. While physical and emotional trauma are different experiences, both can have an impact on how you feel, think, respond to stress, and move through daily life. Physical trauma...
Completing addiction treatment can be a major turning point. Whether you’ve struggled with alcohol, drugs, gambling, pornography, sex , or another compulsive behavior, treatment can help you interrupt the cycle and begin recovery. But once treatment ends, you may be left with a difficult question:...