One of the characteristics that is exhibited by those who have been through traumatic events is silence. Many trauma victims remain silent about what they’ve been through for many years, and they do so for any number of personal reasons. Some of these may include: The fear of experiencing the traumatic event all over again [...]

There have been so many studies done on the role of relationships when it comes to avoiding being traumatized, and overcoming trauma once it has occurred. If you think about it, when you’re scared, or when you have been scared in the past, you feel calmed when you know someone you love is close by. [...]

It’s very common for people who have suffered through a traumatic event to find themselves at a loss for words when it comes to articulating that event. Speaking about it makes it seem all the more real, and every time it’s brought to mind, it’s like living it all over again. As a result, they [...]

Trauma victims all share the same type of experience in that the past is ever-present, regardless of what is happening now, and what will happen in the future. Many trauma victims don’t realize that they have been through a traumatic event until something triggers a flashback, and if you have ever experienced a flashback, you [...]

It is very common for those who have gone through a traumatic event to repress any and all memories about the event. In some cases, those memories never resurface. Instead, they show themselves through the victim’s behavior, speech or thought patterns. However, in other cases, those memories do show themselves, and this generally happens because [...]

It’s remarkable how many people exhibit behaviors that they can’t fully understand. Sometimes these individuals don’t have any idea that there is anything wrong with their negative behaviors, and they continue that way until something triggers a traumatic experience that brings it all into the light. In his book, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, [...]

  We’ve talked about how many (but not all) traumatic experiences actually begin with something that occurred during a person’s childhood. These experiences can happen during the formative teenage years, during the elementary school years, or even during infancy. There are countless stories out there about children who were mistreated, abused or neglected by their [...]

  Since the publication of the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM III), psychiatrists and insurance companies have required certain diagnoses to be rendered based on its contents. Unfortunately, this has resulted in a lot of clients falling through the gaps, and many of them have not been able [...]

  It’s not uncommon for trauma victims to shy away from relationships, and most of the time, they don’t really know why they feel so awkward about them. Perhaps you can relate to feeling this way in your own life. It’s possible that you’ve even tried to have a romantic relationship (or more than one) [...]

  Children have various coping styles, and thanks to the work of Mary Ainsworth and Mary Main, two American scientists, we now have a better understanding of what those coping styles are. Through countless hours of observing how infants and children interacted with their mothers, they were able to discern several different coping styles. They [...]