The Fourth of July can bring up different emotions for people. For many, it's a time of celebration, family gatherings, and community. For others, the loud sounds of fireworks and crowded events can trigger memories the body still holds, even when the mind knows it is...
June is PTSD Awareness Month, and an opportunity to increase understanding of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). PTSD can affect anyone who has experienced or witnessed a traumatic event. While it is often associated with military service, it also impacts...
For active-duty military and first responders, situational awareness is critical for performance, but also for safety. Hypervigilance, however, is a common response to chronic stress and repeated trauma. While they can feel similar, they are fundamentally different....
After long shifts, active duty military, first responders, and veterans often come home feeling irritable, unable to sleep, or unable to “shut off” their minds. It’s common to think, “I’m just burned out.” While burnout may be part of it, the nature of this work can...
Childhood trauma can lower our self-esteem by repeating a negative internal narrative of unworthiness, self-blame, and powerlessness. Trauma can lead to mistrusting ourselves with navigating situations well and mistrusting others, which can make it difficult to have...
Trauma repression is the brain’s way of unconsciously push away painful, overwhelming memories as protection from the emotional distress — pain, fear, anxiety, or guilt — of revisiting those memories. By repressing trauma, the brain gives one the ability to live their...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health diagnosis that can arise after experiencing or seeing a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, war, accident, sexual assault, or physical abuse. It’s marked by flashbacks or nightmares; avoidance of what...
In mental health, trauma is an emotional response to a distressing event with the potential for long-term mental and/or physical harm. Trauma impacts our sense of safety and self through such events as accidents, natural disasters, war, or the death of a loved one or...
Childhood trauma and the chronic stress associated with it can affect our brain chemistry and coping mechanisms, which can cause chronic physical health problems. Childhood trauma and chronic stress can result in such physical health problems as heart disease, stroke,...
The aviation field can be a thrilling and exciting experience, whether as a career or even a hobby. Despite the thrill and excitement of being in the air, over time, pilots may develop negative thoughts and feelings which could manifest as anxiety, panic, stress, and...
Telehealth therapy has gained acceptance since the pandemic and is a great way to make progress on your self-care and mental health during summer months when the routine changes for many of us. Telehealth therapy uses face-to-face telecommunication over the internet...
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