So many different things can impact both mental health and physical health. It can be helpful to understand how mental and physical health can be correlated, especially when it comes to comprehensive wellness. If you’ve been through a traumatic event,… Read More ›
Category: Trauma
Therapy for Healing Trauma
Trauma typically comes from a negative event that causes extreme fear or distress. This can look different for different people, as everyone has a different lens through which they view difficult events. Luckily, there is treatment available for those who… Read More ›
Understanding Trauma and Addiction
Trauma and addiction are two things that can greatly impact an individual’s mental health. Healing from these two conditions is difficult, but treatment can help. Treatment is often necessary to effectively recover from these conditions. Those who are struggling with… Read More ›
The Role of the Body in Healing Trauma
Trauma is a response to experiencing a traumatic event. Such events range from accidents, unstable living environments, abuse, natural disasters, bullying, violence, war, and other situations an individual perceives as threatening to their well-being. Individuals who have experienced trauma may… Read More ›
Healing From Trauma Through EMDR
Healing from trauma is often part of recovering from substance use disorder (SUD) because experiencing trauma is one of the many factors that can lead to the development of addiction in the first place. Although processing trauma may sound intimidating,… Read More ›
Allowing Yourself to Find Joy After Pain
After struggling with addiction, mental illness, trauma, complex family dynamics, and other forms of pain and suffering, it can be hard to allow yourself to recognize and feel joy. Joy can even feel more vulnerable than pain, especially when pain… Read More ›
7 Signs of Abandonment Issues
Experiences a person has in childhood influence the character traits they develop as they grow to become adults. Some children are abandoned by their parents, a form of abuse that can be profoundly traumatic and leave emotional scars for years… Read More ›
What to Let Go of to Discover Inner Peace
Discovering inner peace requires a pattern of asking yourself what you need to feel at peace with yourself while letting go of what you do not need. It also means beginning to trust yourself rather than judge yourself and accept… Read More ›
Moving Past Traumatic Relationships
Breaking free from an unhealthy, traumatic relationship takes a significant weight off of one’s shoulders. However, many lingering effects can continue to impact an individual long after the relationship has ended. Feelings of anxiety, depression, self-doubt, and a myriad of… Read More ›
Ways of Releasing Trauma From the Body
Trauma has a way of affecting us in not just an emotional sense but also our physical bodies. Because of its effects on the brain, our mental and physical functioning will change due to trauma. Although trauma can alter our… Read More ›