Psychology Trauma

We are often urged to rely only on ourselves for strength, mental fortitude, and positivity. But with her distinctive “skill, wit, and sharp insight” (Laura Bates, author of Girl Up), Soraya Chemaly challenges us to adapt our thinking about how we survive in a world of sustained, overlapping crises. It is interdependence and nurturing relationships that truly sustain us, she argues. Based on comprehensive research and eye-opening examples from real-life, The Resilience Myth offers alternative visions of relational hardiness by emphasizing care for others and our environments above all.

Learn the accessible and deeply compassionate practices for healing trauma, known as the Five Strengths of applied Zen Buddhism. More than a philosophy, these body-based practices are backed by modern neuroscience research, and they can be applied by anyone suffering from trauma to begin experiencing relief.

Now, you might be thinking, EMDR might be another one of those fads that will just waste your precious time and money. Or maybe you're concerned that the techniques will be too complex to understand, let alone perform on yourself. Those are legit concerns, but here's the thing: EMDR has been around for a while and its methods have been scrutinized, tested, and applauded by experts. Plus, this book breaks everything down into bite-sized, easy-to-digest chunks. No psychobabble, just straight-up, easy-to-follow guides.

We have learned how to suppress our pain and deny its presence, but when we fight against our internal turmoil, glimmers of peace are short-lived. Rejecting our suffering is not a sustainable solution because trauma is held in the body. In this book, Nityda Gessel invites listeners on a journey toward lasting freedom, with insights and experiential practices that marry the wisdom of Buddhist psychology, yogic teachings, and Indigenous understanding with somatic psychotherapy and neuroscience.

You’ve been trapped by your trauma… but you can break free and start to enjoy your life again. Discover how. Your PTSD is unique to you, and you may not suffer from exactly the same symptoms as someone else…but your way out of the darkness is the same. The behaviors your PTSD has conditioned you into are trapping you in this cycle of fear, forcing you to relive your trauma, and making you question if you’ll ever feel peaceful again. You can overcome those behaviors and develop tools to manage your trauma so that it stops ruling your life.

Do you want to understand how to manage moments of anxiety? Are you suffering from panic attacks? As you can imagine, anxiety, depression, and negativity can easily take root and grow within us, making us just the shell of the people we truly are. Life has a way of getting us down, but our life’s worth lies in the way that we defeat these negative thoughts and live our lives to the fullest. If you are looking for methods to strengthen your armor against the darkness in life, then you have come to the proper place to become prepared for battle against negativity!

In one way or another, we all carry trauma. It can manifest as anxiety, shame, low self-esteem, over-eating, under-eating, addiction, depression, confusion, people-pleasing, under-earning, low mood, negative thinking, social anxiety, anger, brain fog and more. Traumas, big or 'little', leave us trapped in cycles of dysfunctional behaviours, negative thoughts and difficult feelings. Yet many people are unaware they're stuck in old reactions and patterns that stem from their past traumas.

When Melissa Moore was 13 years old, her father said to her, "I know how to kill someone and get away with it". At the time she chalked it up to his love of detective novels, but it didn't change the fact that her father had always been someone who made her anxious. Two years later, in 1995, Melissa's father was arrested for the murder of eight women over a period of five years - he was the serial killer known nationally as the Happy Face Killer.

Many people have heard of trauma and PTSD. But when we think of PTSD, many of us think of nightmares and flashbacks that are related to one traumatic incident or event that has been experienced by the sufferer. There is another form of PTSD that's related to being exposed to repetitive trauma. It is called Complex PTSD, coined by a woman named Judith Herman.

O trauma é um dos grandes problemas de saúde pública atual, afetando não apenas sobreviventes de guerras e desastres naturais, como vítimas de violência doméstica, crimes urbanos, agressões, maus-tratos, abuso sexual, abandono e negligência. Um dos principais especialistas no assunto, o Dr. Van Der Kolk mostra como o trauma reformula o funcionamento do corpo e do cérebro, comprometendo a capacidade das vítimas de ter prazer, de criar laços saudáveis, confiar nos outros e se sentirem seguras.

Welcome to Lights in the Darkness, a guide for anyone seeking hope, healing, and growth after the wounds of childhood trauma. If you’ve picked up this book, it’s likely that life has brought you moments of struggle, shadows of doubt, or perhaps a quiet longing for peace and wholeness. Please know that you are not alone, and more importantly, you are in a space where healing is possible. This book is an invitation to step into a journey of reparenting yourself—a transformative process of becoming the nurturing, loving, and supportive figure you may not have had in your childhood.

When a traumatic event occurs, our body triggers its “fight or flight” response. In many scenarios, the emotional reactions of this response get trapped, disrupting the feedback loop between our mind and body, leading to an imbalance in our nervous system function. Over time this can cause chronic stress, pain, high blood pressure, and a weakened immune system. This, alongside regular triggers in our everyday life, will manifest into a disconnection between our mind and body and create a constant feeling of dissociation from our emotions, with minimal control over how we feel.

Meet Dr. Eugene Lipov. His research and partnerships have led to an amazing discovery that all trauma has at its root a single piece of human hardware: the stellate ganglion. The symptoms of post-traumatic stress are the same for all of us, whether from childhood poverty or abandonment, the ravages of war, or the brutality of sexual assault. Dr. Lipov's pioneering procedure appears to treat injury to the stellate ganglion, relieving even the worst symptoms of PTSD—irritability, hypervigilance, insomnia, and more—in a fifteen-minute treatment.

In Super-Women, you'll find tools to help you explore and process painful experiences, accept difficult thoughts and feelings, and use mindfulness and self-compassion to tap into your own unique superpowers. Alongside seven other heroic women, you'll learn how to re-write your "origin story" and find compassionate tips and strategies to help you define your own heroic purpose.

Reclaiming Life After Trauma addresses both the physical and psychological expressions of PTSD, presenting an integrative, fast-acting, evidence-based, and drug-free path to recovery. Authors Daniel Mintie, LCSW, and Julie K. Staples, PhD, begin with an overview of PTSD and the ways in which it changes our bodies and minds. They present research findings on cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and yoga, giving the listener insights into how these powerful modalities can counteract and reverse the physical and mental aftereffects of trauma.

Children who have been adopted and/or shuttled through the foster-care system experience trauma at a much higher rate than other kids, which can make it difficult for them to trust, relax, regulate their emotions, and connect with their new families. As a parent, learning how to heal attachment trauma, attune to your child's needs, identify triggers, and create felt safety is essential to providing the loving, supportive, and stable home they need to thrive. Written for parents of adopted and foster kids of all ages, this book offers resources for handling common concerns.

Traumatic events can leave mental and physical scars - but these scars don’t have to define us. Heal the Body, Heal the Mind takes trauma survivors on a supportive and healing journey toward well-being. By practicing the somatic exercises and mind-body interventions in this compassionate guide, readers will learn to move past difficult experiences, restore their relationships, and cultivate spiritual awareness.

This book offers first-person accounts of the experience of psychosis from the inside and the outside, through the eyes of two doctors, one of whom has experienced psychosis and both of whom have worked for decades in the field of psychiatry. Underpinned by rigorous academic analysis using an evocative duo-ethnographic approach, the book explores the cultural and subcultural influences from childhood onwards—both traumatic and resilience-building—that have shaped their lives.

Shadow work—the process of exploring your pain, trauma, and imperfections—is a powerful tool to help you embrace and accept yourself, even the parts that are difficult. Shadow Work gives you everything you need to get started with a clear explanation of what shadow work is, how it works, and how it helps you, as well as guided meditations and affirmations to walk you through your own shadow work. Written by licensed therapist Jor-El Caraballo, this book is the perfect companion for your self-exploration journey.

Have you ever found yourself lying awake at night, overwhelmed with questions about your life, your relationships, and how much you truly value yourself? If you've ever felt stuck in negative cycles or disconnected from your true self, know that you're not alone. This book was written for those seeking answers and true happiness. And if you're curious to know how, then continue reading to uncover more. Our inner child holds the key to our emotional well-being, yet so many of us walk through life carrying the heavy burden of our past traumas.