So, you've started to notice some patterns in your life, and you're wondering why you react the way you do. Emotional habits can feel like second nature, but sometimes they're more than just quirks.
When someone’s gone through emotional neglect, chronic stress, or unprocessed trauma, it often shows up in ways that look like laziness from the outside. But dig deeper, and what looks like apathy, ...
When we think of trauma, it can be major trauma someone has experienced like serious accidents, assault, or natural disasters. Trauma can also be in our everyday life such as relational trauma., which ...
Overthinking is not just a habit or personality quirk — it’s often your brain trying to protect you. Psychology suggests it ...
Emotional wounds from past experiences might seem confined to your mental landscape, but medical research increasingly confirms what many health practitioners have long suspected: the burden of ...
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How Trauma Responses Take Over

When your nervous system has been primed by trauma, you can overreact to perceived "dangers" that aren't life-threatening, ...
Many people may not realize how unresolved trauma can influence the quality of their life and their relationships. They may downplay the significance of their trauma, or may live “distracted” where ...
These days, everything seems to get labeled as co-dependency issues. Trouble sleeping without your partner? Co-dependency. Love spending all your time with them? Co-dependency again. And yes, ...
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Traumatic experiences manifest as invisible wounds that impact us psychologically and emotionally. While we often associate wounds with ...
Every January, National Human Trafficking Awareness Month prompts renewed attention to a crime that continues to grow at ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who don't talk about their feelings after a traumatic event are no more likely to have problems down the road than those who do express them, new research shows. In ...