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Post Traumatic Growth and Meaning Trauma changes people. It can narrow life, fracture trust, and disrupt the sense of continuity that allows experience to feel meaningful. For many, trauma leaves behind loss, confusion, and a deep sense of disorientation. Yet for some...
Not all trauma responses are loud or visible. Some are quiet, subtle, and easily misunderstood. Dissociation is one of the most common yet least recognised trauma responses, often mistaken for detachment, avoidance, or lack of engagement. Understanding dissociation...
Introduction Many relationship struggles do not begin in adulthood. They are shaped long before, through early experiences of connection, safety, and responsiveness. Attachment trauma and relationships are deeply intertwined, influencing how people love, trust, argue,...
Introduction Trauma does not only affect how people feel. It reshapes how they see themselves. For many survivors, the deepest wound is not fear or pain, but shame — a corrosive sense that something is fundamentally wrong with who they are. Shame and Identity After...
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...
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...
Introduction: What is emotional trauma? Many people living with the effects of trauma describe feeling persistently on edge, emotionally overwhelmed, or unexpectedly shut down. These experiences often persist even when life appears stable and safe. Rather than...
How Complex Trauma Affects Relationships Introduction: What is C-PTSD or Complex Trauma? Many people struggle in relationships without fully understanding why. They may notice recurring patterns of conflict, emotional distance, intense attachment, or sudden withdrawal...
Trauma of a BPD parent on their children can be extensive, paradoxical and "sticky", occasionally lasting life long, though symptoms of BPD survivors tend to attenuate with time. For the purpose of this blog we will stick to the direct impact of a BPD parent on their...
“The interpretation of dreams” was published in 1899. Aged 43, Freud dynamited the established understanding of the human mind. This keystone book would also serve as a key turning point in founding psychoanalysis as a discipline. In it he proposes nothing less than a...
