Breaking Quarantine: Handling Our Trauma Responses.
People keep breaking quarantine because the ANS, which controls our trauma responses, is compelling us to seek out others.
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Trauma Fatigue and Our Response During These Times.
When the flight or flight response is in full swing, it can feel as though we are being carried away by an internal storm.
Privilege: An Open Letter to White Police Officers.
A conscience is a risky thing because it isn’t passive. It is burdensome, and in this it resembles the other side of privilege.
Love Isn’t Complicity With Racist/Sexist Systems.
When you see people out there getting MAD AF in 2020, don't shrink away, enlighten yourself enough to see it as the truest expression of unconditional love.
Trust Issues: Why We Don’t Trust Ourselves.
Every time we disconnect from ourselves, we etch onto our psyche and personality that it’s unsafe to be our authentic self and thus trust who we are.
Break the Trauma Bond You Have with the President.
In a trauma bond, nothing can be resolved productively. There is no such thing as conflict resolution through healthy communication.
Remove the Mask of Your Trauma so You Can Shine.
There is every point to healing the pain of your past so you can actually move on to breaking various manifestations of trauma.
How I Recovered from Writer’s Trauma.
Life is filled with disappointments and genuine, debilitating trauma. A period of retreat after we’ve met with any of these is necessary to heal.
Time Does Not Heal Anything, Perspective Does.
A traumatic event needs empowering meaning as an antidote to heal. Finding it is a process in time, but when you do, the healing happens instantaneously.
Happy Survival: The Truth About Life After Trauma.
It does get better, a little at a time... Our survival not only gives hope to others, but sharing our experiences allows us to help in their healing.