Trauma-related questionnaires to dig deep into your psyche.
You’re probably aware of the freeze response. Like the fight-and-fight response, it’s another way humans deal with stressful and traumatic events. Freezing in the face of fear allows mammals to avoid detection from a predator. It also gives an organism time to process the threat and decide a course of action. This response is usually …
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a recognized mental health condition in which the sufferer experiences intrusive memories, flashbacks, and nightmares about their traumatic event. PTSD is often caused by a one-time traumatic event such as being in a war, accident, or a natural disaster. Over time, experts studying PTSD realized that traumatic experiences are not …
Relationship trauma, also called Post-traumatic Relationship Syndrome (PTRS), is when your past relationship affects your current mental health negatively. It can occur due to abuse or betrayal. Although relationship trauma can occur in any relationship, it’s commonly talked about in the context of intimate relationships. The symptoms of relationship trauma occur after the end of …
Trauma bonding happens when there’s a cycle of abuse going on in a relationship. Sometimes the other person is abusive towards you, and at other times, they’re good to you. This creates an intermittent reinforcement pattern that hooks you to the relationship. You know there’s something wrong with the relationship, but you can’t leave because …
Having lost your inner child means being disconnected from your childlike qualities, such as: Why do people lose touch with their inner child? Childhood trauma is a big reason. When children aren’t loved and cared for in the way they expect, they suppress their authentic desires and feelings. They’re given the message that they aren’t …
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a condition that develops in some people after they experience a traumatic event. A traumatic event is any life-threatening event. Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) is a type of PTSD that is caused by ongoing trauma, not a single event. For instance, a person in a relationship with an abuser …
The mind is usually good at handling pain. Pain is your mind and body’s way of alerting you that something’s gone wrong and needs fixing. Sometimes, however, the stress and pain become too much for the mind to handle. For example, the mind may shut down or dissociate when faced with severe trauma. We all …
Anhedonia comes from the Greek an-, meaning ‘not, without’ and hedone, meaning ‘pleasure’. Hence, a person with anhedonia is without pleasure. Specifically, anhedonia is when a person no longer finds previously pleasurable things and activities pleasurable. It is the main symptom of depression and is also present in other mental health conditions like: Anhedonia can …
We don’t hear the word “hyper-independence” often in everyday conversations. Is it even possible to be too independent for your own good? It is. “Excess of everything is bad”, the saying goes. It applies to everything in life, including a seemingly positive trait like independence. Hyper-independence is over-reliance on oneself to the point where it …
Trauma is usually caused by life-threatening events like combat situations, natural disasters, and accidents. But events like a breakup or the loss of a loved one can also be traumatic. Given our minds and bodies are designed to ensure survival, we come neurobiologically prepared to cope with trauma. Trauma response is how we cope with …