For decades, PTSD was the diagnosis that defined how medicine understood trauma. It came out of the...

CPTSD is not a new concept. Psychiatrist Judith Herman described its core features in the late...

You tried the breathing exercises. You journaled. You went for walks, drank more water, got better...

Letting your guard down doesn’t always feel right, and for people in recovery, it can just feel...

A sound. A tone of voice. A place. A look on someone’s face. Nothing objectively dangerous is...

The human nervous system evolved for survival. Long before modern life existed, the brain had one...

Trauma bonding is a psychological attachment formed through cycles of harm and reward.

Life is finally steady. The relationship is healthier. The job is stable. The chaos has quieted....

There is a particular look clinicians learn to recognize. A woman is sitting in the room. She is...

Maybe you’ve noticed a pattern. You hook up with someone you barely know, then spend the next day...