The Relationship Between Trauma and Anxiety
“Trauma” and “anxiety” aren’t just buzzwords– they’re real experiences that profoundly shape individuals’ lives, influencing their thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physiological responses. And unfortunately, they’re extremely common. The National Institute of...
Is Pornography Affecting Your Relationship?
People tend to have a really complicated relationship with porn. Some people like it and incorporate it into a healthy set of sexual practices. Other people hate it, finding it harmful by default and that the production is degrading. We are not here to debate the...
Beyond Daydreams: Navigating Trauma-Related Dissociation
Most of us are familiar with the experience of becoming so engrossed with a film or book that we lose track of time, going on “autopilot” during a long drive, or losing ourselves in a daydream. All of these are examples of benign dissociation which are a fairly common...
Addressing Childhood Trauma as an Adult
One of the most frustrating societal expectations is the idea that as adults, we should just “get over” things that happened to us in the past– that whatever happened, it was so long ago that the mature thing to do is move past it and forget. And that expectation...
Self-Care for Parents: It Isn’t A Luxury – It’s A Necessity
Welcome to the rollercoaster ride of parenthood! It is a wild journey that know one can quite prepare you for. It is filled with ups and downs, with more twists and turns than a Dr. Suess bedtime story. Many parents have a dreamy vision of pregnancy – the...
