Could Your Depression Be Linked to Childhood Adversity?
Depression is more than just sadness.It’s the dull pressure on your chest first thing in the morning.The disinterest in activities you once valued.The feeling that you’re here, but not quite here. At times, it resembles checking out.Other times, it seems as though one’s navigating life from within a deep fog.Still other times, it looks like […]
What Are Regulation Disruptions (And Why They’re at the Core of Childhood Complex Trauma)
Ever had one of those days when your heart races nonstop and you have no idea why? Or maybe you find yourself spiraling out from something that seems little and absolutely controllable to everyone else. Alternatively you might just feel flat, as though you’re not really here. To exacerbate things, you then start asking: “What […]
Could Your Anxiety Be Connected to Childhood Adversity?
Anxiety is a beast. It clutches your gut, sits on your chest like a weight, or causes your imagination to flood with worst-case scenarios at the worst possible times. Perhaps you’ve coped with it for as long as you can remember. Perhaps you’ve discovered how to operate in spite of it—white-knuckling through the day, busying […]
When Life Isn’t a Crisis: Hypervigilance, Emptiness, and Learning to Feel Safe
I’ve been in pretty much a continual state of scanning for threats, hazards, or the next catastrophe for the greater part of my life. Rarely was it a deliberate or conscious process, and it was often even below perception. But it was simply how my brain operated. My nervous system was set to anticipate threat, […]