complex PTSD

Healing Complex PTSD in Women: Post Traumatic Growth

Healing Complex PTSD in Women: Post Traumatic Growth

Studies show that women are consistently more likely to meet criteria for complex PTSD. Additionally, experts find that women experience more severe symptoms than men. This is true even when men experienced the same traumatic events. Why? Scientists find that women think and process trauma differently and more acutely.

Choosing a PTSD Psychotherapist: Your 5 Step Guide to “Professional Help”

Choosing a PTSD Psychotherapist: Your 5 Step Guide to “Professional Help”

For PTSD sufferers, therapy is an excellent first step. You need a supportive person, expertly trained and dedicated to seeing you through effective treatment and lasting recovery. Where trauma seemed to have robbed you of so much, you now have the opportunity to seek out a relationship with a PTSD psychotherapist that is both trustworthy and therapeutic.

PTSD Dissociation: 3 Reasons Why Life Feels Unreal after a Trauma

PTSD Dissociation: 3 Reasons Why Life Feels Unreal after a Trauma

When a person suffers PTSD dissociation, the brain copes with an overwhelming experience by disconnecting from it. Therefore, disconnection disrupts a person’s level of awareness, sense of self and memory. They may experience one or more of the three reasons for that floaty, “unreal” feeling: