Being prepared for a tragedy is rare. In fact, most of us go through our lives believing that tragedies happen to other people, not us personally. When people do experience a distressing or life-threatening event, such as a car accident, natural disaster, domestic violence, sexual…
Only you can decide if something you’ve experienced is traumatic. Flashbacks are your brain’s way of handling things you’ve experience that have been carved out in your mind as traumatic. The mind has a way of protecting you from memories you are unable to deal…
When you think about what it means to experience trauma, incidents such as a violent or sexual assault or a terrible car accident might come to mind. But there are other, subtler forms of trauma that can negatively affect your life and hinder your relationships.…
Over the past several years, there have been numerous traumatic events all across the country. From incidents of mass violence to devastating natural disasters, hundreds of thousands of Americans have experienced or witnessed a disastrous or life-threatening event. In addition to tragedies such as these,…