People often discuss daddy issues when describing a woman’s dating behavior, but there isn’t much talk about the mother wound. Simply put, the mother wound speaks to a loss or lack of mothering, and ...
An Aussie psychologist treated her own childhood trauma with EMDR therapy after learning about it from Prince Harry. Prince Harry’s face flashed across my TV screen. “Unfortunately, London’s a trigger ...
“I don’t like it when you compliment me all the time,” my then four-year-old daughter told me in response to my consistent affirmations of her hair. I was taken aback. During childhood, I wanted ...
A few years ago, one of my friends introduced me to plant medicine by inviting me to a mushroom ceremony, a spiritual event in a very intimate setting. I attended with the hopes of looking at my past ...
DEAR ABBY: In many ways, I am blessed. I have an amazing family, a great husband and a well-paying job that I enjoy. My only problem is, I hate myself. I hide my pain with humor (I’m pretty funny). I ...
Over my last 13 years as a trauma therapist, there has been a question that’s surfaced many times from my clients: Was it childhood trauma if I was privileged? There’s a bifurcated thought many of us ...
Childhood trauma is a topic that deserves attention and understanding, as it can have a significant impact on our lives, including our behaviors, emotions and relationships, well into adulthood. In my ...
Somhairlín Ó Cearbhaill, 33, was born into trauma, quite literally. The daughter of Irish immigrants who struggled with addiction, she came into the world with hearing, learning, and physical ...
I've been dealing with childhood trauma my entire life, and it affects me as a parent today. I try to gentle parent my toddler, but it's difficult when she throws a temper tantrum. I struggle to ...
These days, it seems like more and more people are talking about "unresolved childhood trauma," and what that can look like in adulthood. For Dr. Robyn Koslowitz, licensed school psychologist, ...
I sat as still as possible, anticipating the Marcel iron’s scorch as it inched closer and closer to my head. For about 45 minutes, a stylist pressed my 3C curls into bone-straight silky strands. The ...
A millennial woman has opened up about the unique way her own personal childhood trauma has stayed with her through adult life. There are millions of Americans living with childhood trauma of some ...