Emotional safety

Regulating emotions after trauma

Regulating emotions after trauma

One of the most persistent effects of trauma is not memory, but emotional intensity. Many people find that emotions arise quickly, feel overwhelming, or seem disconnected from present circumstances. Regulating emotions after trauma can feel elusive, especially when...

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Trauma, Safety and Identity

Trauma, Safety and Identity

Introduction Trauma is often described through symptoms such as anxiety, emotional reactivity, trauma bonding, dissociation, or hypervigilance. While these experiences are real and important, they are only part of a much larger story. Trauma reshapes how safety is...

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Intimacy – Couples’ favorite emotion

Intimacy – Couples’ favorite emotion

"They slipped briskly into an intimacy from which they never recovered." - F. Scott Fitzgerald, This side of paradise, 1920 Intimacy, maybe our favorite emotion: Intimacy is one of the most beautiful parts of a relationship and one that deep down most of us most...

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