Trauma can result from any stressful event involving a threat to your safety, and it can trigger an emotional, psychological, or physical response that can profoundly impact your mental health. Clinicians may often use the term “trauma spectrum disorders” to describe...
When someone experiences a traumatic event, it changes their brain chemistry. They no longer look at or experience the world in the same way, whether they’re conscious of this shift or not. Some post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sufferers turn to drugs or alcohol...
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs when a person has difficulty recovering from directly experiencing a traumatic event or indirectly witnessing a traumatic event. This trauma can include an illness, a near-death encounter, a car crash, sexual or physical...
