Emotional Abuse: The Invisible Trauma
Do any of the following points apply to you? You take care of other people’s emotional needs but don’t expect them to take care of…
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What causes nightmares in PTSD?
Is this familiar to you? John woke with a startle. His stomach was knotted in dread. He felt like something beyond terrible was still about…
Shame and Social Anxiety
Social anxiety reflects the belief that other people are not safe. We can learn that others are unsafe from receiving a rejecting or indifferent response…
Don’t Minimize Your Trauma
As an undergraduate, I took a course on African-American Psychology and my professor, Howard C. Stevenson always ended each class with a touching aphorism. The one…
