About eight or nine months ago, I had a dream where I was running down what felt like a freeway. It was wide and open, but half of it was gravel. Loose and unstable, the kind of surface where you have to stay alert because...
I've written before about moral injury in caregiving — what happens when the institutions meant to help repeatedly fail, and caregivers end up responsible for needs no single person could reasonably meet. There's another connection between childhood trauma and moral injury that I think deserves...
The phrase "nobody is coming to save you" can sound like a verdict on how alone you are. But the truth is that recognizing that no one is coming to make your life right for you is an act of kindness towards yourself. When you...
Why Trauma Survivors May Need Solitude to Heal As a trauma therapist in my early 50s, I recently reached a wall of absolute exhaustion . I have spent close to eight years actively processing my childhood trauma. I have examined my patterns, challenged old beliefs,...