#trauma

The Architecture of Invisible Armor: A Trauma-Informed Lens on Social-Emotional Survival

In traditional television, adolescent angst is framed through surface-level rebellion — curfews broken, secrets kept, and high school drama…

The Weight of Knowing

When the Mind Knows, But Refuses to Believe

They Don’t Get to Mold My Scars: Reclaiming Boundaries and Divine Autonomy

Trauma isn’t a debate topic, and my body is not up for negotiation.

The Hidden Whiplash within Trauma and Recovery

Processing physical trauma isn’t just about the injury — it’s about the unseen tax of sudden vulnerability.

All That Loves Dies: Why the Hopeless Romantic Is Doomed

Heartbreaks, Popcorn, and Cinematic Love

When Your Mind Keeps Searching for Safety Because You Still Have Not Found It

Not every alarm is a memory of past danger. Sometimes the mind remains alert because the danger changed locations, changed forms, or…

Can Psychotherapy Change the Body’s Biology? What the Research Shows

If trauma leaves a measurable biological trace (as I wrote in my previous articles, “The Biology of Trauma: How Early Stress Changes Gene…

Trauma-Informed AI: Can Chatbots Handle Sensitive Mental Health Conversations?

Sensitive mental health conversations require care, empathy, and thoughtful responses. Trauma-informed AI focuses on creating safer, more…

What Does Social Justice Imply, If the World and Universe are Lumpy?

It seems to me that Mankind is a “social creature”.

Our lost History

How to restore it

Trauma-Informed Care: A Complete Guide for Educators

Every educator has felt it — the student whose behavior doesn’t match the moment. The sudden shutdown. The outburst that seems to come from…

If the world ended tomorrow, I would wake to the hush of a sky holding its breath, the air thick…

I would go to my mom, her love like lightning — bright, jagged, unpredictable, burning even when she didn’t mean to. Her storms soaked…

Les cicatrices invisibles : Pourquoi certaines blessures de l’enfance nous suivent-elles encore ?

Quand l’enfant que nous étions influence encore l’adulte que nous sommes

Why Some Adults Feel Indebted When They Are Loved

When care once came with a hidden cost.

An Angry Letter to a Monster

It is no longer present in my life; for that, I thank myself because of this decision. However, this figure still ghosts me in my deeper…

We’re Getting “Trauma-Informed” Wrong. Sometimes, Healing Means Putting the Identity Down

Acknowledging what happened to you is essential. Building your entire personality around it is what keeps you stuck.

What Emotionally Unavailable Mothers Teach Their Daughters About Love

And How Long It Takes to Unlearn It

The Story Of Tonight

The Story of Tonight

Write their dreams Chapter 1 🌸

Cinta menangis “Li…” Lyn pun menenangkannya dan mulai berbicara dengan nada yang pelan dan lembut “Cin, biar aku yang urusin ya” saat…

Ya Allah, If I Like Girls and Boys, Can I Still Go to Heaven?

I don’t know if I still believe in God. I only know I still feel guilty.

Interviewing Survivors: What Journalism Taught Me About Consent in Storytelling

Early in my reporting career, I treated consent the way most journalism training frames it: something you secure at the start of an…

I come from money.

…and you do too.

How I Turned Real Testimonies Into Fiction Without Exploiting Them

Writing Stop. No! meant sitting with real survivor testimony, gathered over years of journalism, and deciding what belonged in a novel…

she called me dracula

She called me dracula , out of nowhere where i was walking by running errands for my family just a thirteen years old there she was…

Race and Ethnicity Affecting Trauma Survivors and Their Relationships

Racial and ethnic identity shape how people experience, respond to, and recover from traumatic events. Race-based traumatic stress — the…

The House That Stayed the Same

When the real horror isn’t outside — it’s at the dinner table

Our Lives May Be Affected By Other Women’s Trauma

This could be a call to prayer or an opportunity to offer assistance

“Unmasked: A 90 Day Journey For The Traumatized Heart”

Biblio File column

You could’ve just left me alone…

I asked him to leave me alone from the start… But he forced himself into my life

Why you re-write every conversation until you socially isolate

Something you have probably never had explained to you

Many of You Will Go Home Early

Stories from Africa

HAKUNA MATATA

by Dark Parker

Controling is not LOVE

I see people around me, mostly the teenagers and even people in their early 20s, and i feel like, why they control so much. If a man or a…

Segampang Itu Kamu Datang, dan Segampang Itu Pergi lagi

Bagaimana Bisa Seseorang Beralih Hati dengan Mudah tanpa Merasa Bersalah?

How Can We Heal from Trauma as a Society?

Trauma.

Maybe I’m a whore. But your husband touched me first.

I was 9. I was spending more time at my grandmothers, my mom was in school. I remember my grandaddy not being around. He passed away with…

When the Past Shows Up Quietly: Childhood Trauma in Adults

Not all trauma looks like a breakdown. Sometimes it looks like perfectionism, emotional numbness, self-doubt, or a nervous system that…

As a Psychologist, here is what I learned about “TRAUMA BASED MIND CONTROL”

How It Works?

Therapist Told Me I Was Not Anxious. I Was Hypervigilant. The Difference Broke Something Open in Me

Unhealed Trauma: Signs, Effects, and How Therapy Can Help | Dr.

Discover the signs of unhealed trauma, including emotional numbness, anxiety, anger, and negative self-talk. Learn how therapy can support…

Personal Truths…

I am not sure about you, but I grew up believing that my personal truth was something I needed to hide, at all costs. I couldn’t be myself…

Being Disabled Shouldn’t Mean I Am FORCED To Be Subjected To Intrusive, Traumatising, Arrogant…

Unearthing My Inner Dibs

What a decades old psychotherapy book did that no self-help book could

Song of Inherited Grief

An Emblem for What Remains

On searching for permanence after living in someone else’s shadow.

Harm Reduction or Abstinence?

A Trauma-Informed Perspective on Choosing the Right Path to Recovery

Lying…

It is a long story how my love affair with lying started, which you can read in my book (which will be coming out this fall) but for now…

The Body Keeps Score

When trauma demands attention through the deterioration of your health.

Organic Strawberry Sharbat

“It is sourced from homegrown strawberries, atleast”

I Forgot How to Express Myself

The urge to make them listen.