Trauma affects individuals deeply, altering their sense of safety, their emotions, and how they perceive the world around them. Its impact can be profound and long-lasting, affecting mental, physical, ...

In more extreme cases, survivors of abuse may have learned to dissociate during traumatic experiences, mentally leaving their bodies or watching events as if they were happening to someone else. This ...

Most people know the fight-or-flight response, a survival mechanism related to threatening situations and events. In recent years, in no small part due to high-profile legal cases involving sexual ...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness and Prevention Month, and across Arizona, purple lights are shining to spark conversations about healing and hope. But for many survivors who find the strength ...

Professor Hyland's path to scientific prominence began unexpectedly during what he describes as a "tough time personally" in his late teens and early twenties. Despite experiencing none of the typical ...

University of Queensland researchers are seeking participants diagnosed with PTSD and complex PTSD for a clinical study aimed at improving understanding of its impacts on the brain and overall ...

Complex trauma is tough to recognise, often because it doesn’t look the way most people would expect. It’s not one clear event with a beginning, middle, and end; it’s ongoing. It builds slowly, often ...

CPTSD shows all symptoms of PTSD along with a few additional ones. Jeff Guenther lists the common ones to spread awareness.

Today’s women are navigating a complex intersection of tradition, aspiration and change. Many carry emotional roles inherited from earlier generations while also breaking new ground in education, work ...