Tragically, another school mass shooting just occurred in the U.S. It’s natural for mental health experts to assist the youngsters and their families to help deal with the…
It’s very disheartening to learn that trauma can damage your brain in lasting ways. It gets worse. Trauma can also change your genes so that the damage is…
As children, we do not have healthy ways to manage and process overwhelming feelings and circumstances. To protect us emotionally, our brains develop defenses as ways to avoid…
For millions of children in the U.S., poverty, neglect or abuse is a reality of everyday life, though these struggles are often hidden from view. Adult survivors often…
When unpleasant and painful experiences get stored in your brain, they can have real negative mental and physical consequences. An accumulation of negative subconscious material, from past stress,…
I bet you knew that alcohol use, including routine binge drinking, heavy social drinking, alcohol abuse, and alcoholism, leads to serious brain changes. These brain alterations can negatively…
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) describe all types of abuse, neglect, and other traumatic experiences that occur to people under the age of 18. ACEs harm a child’s developing…
You don’t have to be a war veteran or the victim of physical abuse to experience trauma. Unfortunately, you can encounter trauma from many events in “normal” life…
I was five years old when I had my first encounter with trauma – much too young to comprehend the magnitude of the situation. It wasn’t until my…
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Some people are born with a genetic makeup that makes them more prone to depression, but that doesn’t mean they will automatically become depressed. The converse is also…