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11/16/2025

Feeling the pre holiday stress? Call your therapist.

Don’t forget to ask for help when you need it 🍁💛🍂

11/13/2025

There’s a difference…trauma isn’t who you are, trauma is what happened to you.

11/12/2025

The holidays can be hard! Call your therapist, we’re here to help 💜

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11/09/2025

11/04/2025

10/20/2025

64 likes, 4 comments. “Group 7s aren’t just healing… they’re remembering to be themselves again. You’re the ones who ask why you react the way you do, who can’t just stay numb anymore, who want to understand everything, not just survive it. In therapy, they start connecting the dots betw...

10/08/2025

Unlike mental health professionals, chatbots are designed to keep you engaged—not necessarily to support your well-being.

Learn more about why ChatGPT shouldn't be your therapist: https://at.apa.org/a51dd1

10/06/2025

Shark affirmations hitting harder than my morning coffee—you’re powerful, chaotic, kind, and doing your best. That’s enough.

09/28/2025

Recent brain scans have revealed that children living with unstable families where the child is exposed to constant arguing between the parents or themselves are abused/neglected, have brain changes similar to combat solders after returning from active duty. In some cases, the brains of abused children are in even worse shape than the combat soldiers.

Childhood trauma and the trauma experienced by combat soldiers can create similar, long-lasting changes in the brain’s structure and chemistry. The core reason is that the brain, whether developing or mature, adapts to a high-stress, unpredictable environment by entering a persistent state of hypervigilance, prioritizing survival over other functions.

The key difference lies in the context of the trauma. A child’s brain is still developing, making it highly susceptible to having its core structures and functions altered. A soldier’s brain, which is already mature, is changed by extreme stress but is less fundamentally altered than a child’s.

The shared neurobiological process: an over-activated internal alarm system.

Trauma forces the brain to initiate a “fight or flight or freeze” response for survival. When this state becomes chronic, it changes the brain’s baseline functioning, creating a state of constant, heightened alert. This process affects key brain regions involved in emotion, memory and rational thought.

I am running out of rom here but I will put a breakdown in the comments section of each brain region affected and altered by trauma.

If you have children, it is best to never argue in their presence and always treat your child with love, patience, respect and tender care, punish gently when necessary and use bad behavior as a teachable moment instead of harshly punishing your tiny creation.

If you experienced trauma as a child and never actively did intentional work to heal your brain or nervous system, you are likely experiencing chronic symptoms well into adulthood as a result. The good news is, any damage done is likely not permanent if you’re willing to do the work. Your trauma was never your fault, but healing has become your sole responsibility. See comments for exercises.

PMID: 26831814

09/26/2025

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07/24/2025

Your brain wasn’t made for endless scrolling.
Sometimes the best reset is outside, in the dirt, with no notifications.

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