Trauma affects individuals deeply, altering their sense of safety, their emotions, and how they perceive the world around them. Its impact can be profound and long-lasting, affecting mental, physical, ...

Most people know the fight-or-flight response, a survival mechanism related to threatening situations and events. In recent years, in no small part due to high-profile legal cases involving sexual ...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and across Arizona, purple lights are shining to spark conversations about healing and hope. But for many survivors who find the strength ...

A new study reveals a connection between early life trauma and adult brain aging. Adults reporting severe childhood stress ...

Experiencing a single traumatic event can impact how you see the world and how you view yourself. However, if you have survived complex relational trauma, your confidence may have been shattered, and ...

Professor Hyland's path to scientific prominence began unexpectedly during what he describes as a "tough time personally" in his late teens and early twenties. Despite experiencing none of the typical ...

University of Queensland researchers are seeking participants diagnosed with PTSD and complex PTSD for a clinical study aimed at improving understanding of its impacts on the brain and overall ...

Complex trauma is tough to recognise, often because it doesn’t look the way most people would expect. It’s not one clear event with a beginning, middle, and end; it’s ongoing. It builds slowly, often ...

CPTSD shows all symptoms of PTSD along with a few additional ones. Jeff Guenther lists the common ones to spread awareness.

Carol J. Geffner, president of Geffner Group, LLC, is a sought-after coach, consultant, and author of Building a New Leadership Ladder. In today's business environment, leaders face unprecedented ...

He explained that an adaptive fear, such as a dog avoiding a basement where it was once trapped, is a survival-based response to a specific stimulus. In contrast, pathological trauma involves harmless ...