The emotional scars that you are carrying from relationship trauma can be hard to heal from. If you have been betrayed once, you are also expecting future betrayals. You may run away from relationships with people who care about you for fear of getting hurt again. But it is important to know that you can heal no matter how long it takes. That not everyone in the world is bad for you.
It can be hard to watch someone you love battle depression. Ignoring the depression signs your partner presents will not make them go away. This is especially true if your partner engages in self-harm or suicide attempts. Even though you cannot cure your partner’s depression, there is always something you can do to help.
There are a lot of stress factors that have to do with why you have bad ADHD days. Maybe you have trouble managing your stress levels or are experiencing several symptoms at once. While bad ADHD days can be draining, you can control what to do about them. Do not allow yourself to suffer when there are several ways to cope.
If you feel like people in your life are excessively involved in your life, this is enmeshment. Whether this is your romantic partner or a family member, enmeshment is when people are involved in your activities and personal things to an excessive degree. If you do not know if your partner is being excessive, it helps to know what the behavior patterns entail.
Here are the five telltale signs of enmeshment.
Relationship anxiety is when you experience more times of excessive worrying about the relationship than actually enjoying it. You could be really scared that the relationship will end as soon as it starts. Out of fear, you may even go so far as to end the relationship. To avoid doing something you will regret, here is how anxiety can affect your relationship.
Can trauma occur if something terrible has happened to someone else? This is called vicarious trauma. If you see or hear stories of people going through tragedies it can cause a different perspective of the world you once thought was safe. You feel various emotions, from anxiety to guilt, hopelessness, or numbness. Serving Boulder, Longmont, Denver.
Betrayal trauma is the emotional impact of your experience after your trust or well-being is violated. It is most often experienced in attachment relationships, like caregivers and children, or in romantic partnerships. You have to continue to rely on the betrayer for support, care, shelter, or other basic needs. These experiences of betrayal can be so traumatic that you feel you will never want to trust anyone again.
Eating disorders can be very competitive. Hearing that another person has lost weight can fuel your desire to lose more than them. You may figure that as long as you are the weight you want, you are winning the game. It is possible you may have the personality of an overachiever or a perfectionist. If so, you never want to put in little effort.
When you’re struggling with long-haul COVID anxiety and fear, it’s understandable that you might get wrapped up in thoughts about how and when you’ll recover fully. You may wonder if a return to your old life and healthy state is possible. You don't have to navigate these fears alone. Your body and mind work in concert. While constant tension, unease, and worry can wear you down, there are steps you can take to ease your anxiety.
Recovering from your PTSD is not a solitary journey. If you are tempted to compare your recovery (or will to recover) to that of your neighbors or other witnesses, don't. That just compounds your distress with guilt and shame. Your losses are real and there's a very real and productive way forward. PTSD treatment is made for times like these. Serving Boulder, Longmont, Denver...
Eating disorder treatment for children is most effective when delivered early as possible. Prompt care is for best recovery and a return to growth and maturation.
Traditionally, eating disorder interventions were modified versions of teenage models. However, pediatric treatment for eating disorders should not imitate adolescent programming.
Trauma can get stuck in your nervous system in a multisensory way. You hear, see, and feel things when you recall the event or become triggered in some way. Some of the memory is real mixed with things you imagine. Regardless, your body holds it all in your nervous system in an unfinished, unresolved state.
Body Neutrality vs body positive is subtle. Most people will never love how they look in the mirror. And that's OK. Learn to accept your "flaws." Embrace gratitude for the incredible way your body functions. This may sound scary because there is so much judgment and fuss in our society over how we look. But if judgment is what's holding you back, you will never live a life of freedom
Learning that your child is transgender or gender non-conforming can be difficult to process as a parent. You might worry for their future, about their health, or about discrimination they may face out in the world. You may feel unequipped to help them navigate the difficulties that lie ahead, especially if you can’t relate to what they’re feeling.
The concept of generational trauma is built upon the reality that trauma sets into motion certain genetic processes. If, for example, your grandparent endured trauma, it's quite possible that you will feel the impact. You may feel symptoms. You may inherit coping mechanisms. The possibilities appear to be endless. Therefore, the impacts are equally endless. How can we manage such a covert legacy?
If you are a person of color, you may be coping with racial realities in ways many minority communities have for ages; family, spiritual practice, activism and outreach often help. Yet, weathering waves of anxiety, mistreatment, and the daily effort of relational and systemic challenges requires specific and support you can trust.
The first step? A step toward individual truth and authenticity. Being willing to turn inward and get to the heart of certain, persistent racial realities in your own mind is necessary. Paying attention to the race-related thoughts and ideas that make you think, react, or shy away is the key to our collective breakthrough.
