Archive for May 2022

Someone who struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) deals with an exhausting reality when living on edge and in a hypervigilant state. Triggers like bright lights, crowds, or loud noises can all set off awful flashbacks and cause debilitating symptoms. Over time, exhaustion from constant anxiety may cause someone with PTSD to shut down and…

Finding a therapist can be challenging. Your therapist is someone you’ll need to be comfortable with because you will be working through some uncomfortable topics. When we are feeling our best, we don’t look for counseling, and at our low points, finding a therapist can feel frustrating or hopeless. The bond you form with your…

Complex post-traumatic stress disorder is closely related to the traditional post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that many people are familiar with. PTSD is a psychiatric disorder developed after someone has experienced a traumatic event, and it affects nearly 7% of people in the United States. Medical professionals first recognized this anxiety condition as affecting war veterans.…

What is trauma? Few people go through life without experiencing it somehow. Trauma is a person’s emotional response to a distressing experience. Unlike ordinary everyday hardships, traumatic events are typically very sudden, unpredictable, or pose a serious threat to someone’s life, and feel beyond a person’s control. Events that are traumatic to the degree they…