If you have experienced stress and trauma bonds in your past, you might not realize how your trauma can wreak havoc in your present. Realizing the tricky ways trauma bonds keep you stuck in the past is a major step in changing unwanted relationship patterns and moving forward with your life. What are Trauma Bonds? Trauma bonds occur when you are involved in a toxic or abusive relationship and form a strong bond with your abuser. [...]
The Flash Technique is used to help process difficult memories during Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). This technique has been developed within the last 6 years by Dr. Phillip Manfield, PhD, in order to ease processing of traumatic memories. When Do We Use The Flash Technique? You may be having intrusive thoughts that you can’t keep at bay. You might be starting to realize that everyday events are bringing up traumatic memories, resulting in emotional [...]
When trauma resurfaces, this may be a sign that you now need to heal at a deeper level. Trauma comes up in stages. This is a good thing, since if it came up all at once it might overwhelm your nervous system. You may have dealt with trauma at one level already, and when trauma resurfaces, it is now time to get to know your true self and evolve into the next version of you. Trauma [...]
Relationships can cause Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, especially when there is domestic violence. What is discussed less often is how seemingly ordinary interactions in relationships can trigger, or remind you, of an old trauma, and cause you to be re-traumatized. Emotional abuse in the form of verbal attacks can also be more subtle, but over a period of time cause PTSD. PTSD from a serious threat(s) The first and probably most obvious criteria for developing [...]
Trauma happens when you cannot rebound from an overwhelming experience. In your mind and heart, this experience is usually perceived to be life-threatening. When we are overwhelmed by a threat, and cannot fight back or get away, we can become traumatized. This is the definition of trauma. It isn't defined by the incident but from the perspective of how we internalized and experienced the event(s). In the past, we used to think of trauma as something [...]
