Managing Triggers during the Festive Season
The festive season can be an emotive and triggering time for many, especially trauma survivors. Here is some tips which may help.
The festive season can be an emotive and triggering time for many, especially trauma survivors. Here is some tips which may help.
Are you an expectant first-time parent, or maybe first-time parent to a newborn? Have youe lived through a tricky childhood and concerned how your own difficult experiences may have an impact on your parenting. Then this is the programme for you.
You may have been struggling with negative thoughts and beliefs about yourself and the world. You may have been suffering from addictive behaviours. You may have been struggling with psychological…
By Sharmi Gowri-Kriszyk Disclaimer: The psycho-education provided in this blog is inspired by a variety of resources that I have gathered through years of additional trauma training and further learning…
Have I had trauma? Maybe not. Then why do I feel the way I am? How come I am going through what I am going through? Am I being pathetic…
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We cannot logic our way out of trauma. This is one of the main reasons many people who have experienced trauma feel they have ‘failed’ after years of being in talking therapy or using self-help material.
I saw a meme quoting "To heal a wound, you first need to stop touching it". I would say, I believe that it is more the other way round
I am mindful how the current situation can be very triggering for those suffering from complex trauma/Complex PTSD. For example, it can make your symptoms worse and put you in a constant survival mode (fight/flight/freeze/dissociate). The constant hypervigilant state can be very exhausting. It can trigger a sense of loss, loneliness and abandonment, helplessness, uncertainty and unpredictability.