How Good Therapy Works to Reduce Trauma Triggers
When we endure traumatic events, the experience may stay with us in various ways – even in ways we may not recognize. Good trauma treatment …
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Trauma Triggers: What are They
Trauma triggers are activated by experiences – big or small – that remind our brains and bodies of past traumatic experiences we’ve gone through. While triggers may be complex to navigate or understand, and while they never truly go away, good trauma therapy can reduce the impact of triggers.
Triggers vs “Triggered”: Trauma Triggers and Modern Language Shifts
It’s normal to feel upset, anxious, or extremely uncomfortable when we encounter difficult content. Having a strong reaction to information that is generally considered troubling …
Intergenerational Trauma – Illustration and Quiz
If you aren’t naming and breaking the cycles that have entangled you, you are participating in them. This is true in most systems we are …
Trauma Recovery: A Visual Model
Trauma Therapy Even as someone who has studied trauma therapy for years, I often find it difficult to describe just how trauma therapy works and …
Sketchnotes on Parenting, Trauma, and Childhood Adversity
Instead of questioning (“How could you?”) or punishing (“How dare you!”) look for the entry point for empathy (“Oh, of course you…”). When someone …
How We Fight, Flight, Freeze and Fawn in Difficult Conversations: Adapting A Learning Mindset
When our sense of self depends on being “right,” challenging information from opposing viewpoints is often seen as a threat. Instead of being able to …
Trauma Recovery Avocado Model
Trauma and trauma recovery look different for everyone, but generally, there’s a deep, hardened core and a bunch of squishy stuff, all held together by …
Trigger-Tracker Worksheet for Mental Health Journaling and Self-Advocacy
Dismantling mental health triggers often involves a little detective work. Although awareness of “being triggered” can be very obvious, for many people, figuring out specific …
How We Give Language to Traumatic Events Changes How We Heal
For a while now, the terminology of both “victim” and “survivor” has sat uneasily with me. Both terms center the traumatic experience as part of …
7 Positive Childhood Experiences (PCE’s) that Shape Adult Health and Resiliency – Illustrated
JUMP TO: VIEW THE ILLUSTRATIONS | DOWNLOAD THE PDF | TAKE THE QUIZ In 2019 researchers at Johns Hopkins University published results of the first …
Trigger Warnings: Helpful or Harmful for Trauma Survivors?
This research study presents compelling evidence that trigger warnings may do more harm than good. While this study’s methods may overlook that a trigger warning …
Normal Trauma Response vs PTSD: Interpreting the Research
When brains experience trauma, they struggle to cope with it. It’s normal – and part of the healing process – to have flashbacks, nightmares, or …
Thin Privilege & Why Some College-Based Eating Disorder Treatments May Be Dangerous
Recently, I posted this story on my Instagram: “If your college counseling center serves students with eating disorders at a severity level that they would …