Complex PTSD vs. PTSD: What’s the Difference, and Why Does It Matter?
“But nothing that bad happened to me.” We hear this often from people who live with persistent anxiety, emotional swings, shame, or distance in relationships, but can’t point to a single catastrophic event. Sometimes the answer isn’t one event at all. PTSD in brief PTSD typically develops after exposure to a specific traumatic event, such […]
How Trauma Therapies Work With the Body and Brain
Plenty of people come to us after years of therapy and say something like: “I understand why I feel this way. I just can’t make it stop.” That’s not a failure of insight, and it’s not a failure of effort. It’s a clue about how trauma is stored. Trauma isn’t only a story Trauma is […]
Understanding Self-Abandonment and People-Pleasing
You say yes when you mean no. You read the room before you’ve even sat down. You can tell exactly what everyone else needs, but if someone asks what you want, your mind goes quiet. If this sounds familiar, you’re not too sensitive, too nice, or “bad at boundaries.” More often, people-pleasing is an intelligent […]