Prescription drug abuse is very common, and it’s not usually something that anyone intends to happen. Perhaps you’re concerned that your prescription medication abuse is getting out of hand and it has turned into a full-blown addiction. There are several signs that can tell you whether or not this is the case. Fortunately, prescription [...]
As a parent, you can’t help but worry about your kids, and you especially worry about whether or not they will use drugs. There are several critical risk factors for teen drug addiction that will allow you to assess your own children to determine their risk. It is my hope that understanding more about [...]
If you’ve struggled with alcohol abuse in the past, and now you are an alcoholic, you may be wondering about what the contributing factors are of alcohol abuse were for you. You probably have many questions, such as: Am I at a greater risk of alcoholism than someone else? Is my past a [...]
Sex addiction is a hot topic, and there is a lot of discussion about whether or not there is a difference between male and female sex addiction. Whether you are a man or a woman, having a sex addiction can be a daily battle with yourself. It’s possible that you have been struggling to [...]
If you’re a victim of trauma, you may have noticed that one of the things you experience from time to time is the inability to speak. This probably happens whenever you come across something that triggers a flashback. Your body responds by eliciting a type of panic response and you immediately experience physical symptoms [...]
In continuing to understand trauma and how it affects someone who has undergone a traumatic event in his or her life, it’s important to consider the brain’s physiological response and how that can affect a person’s emotional state. Time is not a Factor Trauma, when it is left untreated, has no regard [...]
In previous posts, we worked on forming an understanding about what trauma is and how it can affect your day-to-day life. Whether the event that caused the trauma was a major one or a minor one, the trauma itself is not limited to that event alone. It’s actually the impression or the imprint that has [...]
For a person who is suffering from trauma, it is an everyday ordeal that never seems to go away. It affects them, but it also affects the people who love them the most. It can be difficult to understand trauma when you’re the victim, and understanding it as the loved one of a victim [...]
In this post, we’re going to take a closer look at the reality of numbing. Numbing If you’ve experienced a traumatic event, you might have noticed how you find it difficult to connect emotionally with others. You want to feel a deep connection with your family. You want to feel love for [...]
Severe, life-altering situations often result in a person experiencing trauma after the situation or event has taken place. However, while trauma is often thought of as something physical that occurs to someone, it can also be experienced through events such as finding out your parents are getting a divorce when you’re young, or getting [...]