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fromPsychology Today
22 hours ago

Growing Through What We Go Through

Western culture has taught us that suffering is a problem to be solved, discomfort a symptom to be medicated away, and trauma something to avoid at all costs. Yet, research by psychologists Richard Tedeschi and Lawrence Calhoun suggests we may have this entirely backwards. Their work on post-traumatic growth reveals that some of life's most profound transformations-positive changes in self-perception and relationships, greater self-awareness and confidence,
Mental health
#resilience
fromKqed
1 month ago
Social justice

From Barrio to Bookstore: LA's Former Poet Laureate on Survival and Storytelling | KQED

fromKqed
1 month ago
Social justice

From Barrio to Bookstore: LA's Former Poet Laureate on Survival and Storytelling | KQED

#deportation
#film
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago
Arts

'Sorry, Baby' is a wry, affecting take on trauma

Sorry, Baby is a film that combines humor and vulnerability to tackle the trauma of sexual assault.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago
Arts

'Sorry, Baby' is a story about pain and healing you haven't heard before

Sorry, Baby is a drama that blends humor with serious themes, portraying a woman's healing journey after sexual assault.
Film
fromIrish Independent
1 week ago

Film review: 'Steve' - Cillian Murphy proves a class act with a troubled youngster, but can either escape the gravitational pull of their past traumas?

Cillian Murphy's principal Steve balances authority and empathy at a 1996 English reform school where a documentary crew's arrival escalates tensions and exposes trauma.
Mental health
fromTruthout
1 week ago

Gaza Mental Health Professionals Warn of Urgent, Widespread Trauma Crisis

Prolonged siege in Gaza has produced chronic trauma fatigue, widespread emotional numbness, and pervasive psychological harm among residents.
Books
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Fires Which Burned Brightly by Sebastian Faulks review a grief-infused puzzle of a memoir

Sebastian Faulks recounts a post-war English childhood marked by suburban routines, boarding-school discipline, concealed wartime heroism, and later psychological collapse despite academic success.
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Am I Being Toxic in My Relationship Without Realizing It?

Have you ever gone completely quiet in the middle of an argument-your mind blank, your mouth frozen? Or felt so overwhelmed after a fight that you left-not just the room, but the relationship itself? I've been there. And for a long time, I didn't know why. I thought I was the problem, or maybe I was just cold. Unavailable. But I've come to understand something important:
Mental health
Public health
fromemptywheel
1 week ago

RFK Jr. DNR'd the US Healthcare System - emptywheel

Anti-vaccine, unmasked congregants exposed a vulnerable chemotherapy patient, resulting in COVID transmission, family illness, and a traumatic emergency rescue.
Parenting
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

August Feeling Overwhelming? It May Be Back-to-School Scaries

Back-to-School Scaries are intensified anticipatory dread where trauma-shaped nervous systems interpret fast transitions and rising demands as danger, eased by rituals and predictable rhythms.
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

From Shock to Healing

Acute stress reactions after trauma are common and often resolve, but persistent symptoms beyond a month may indicate PTSD and warrant support and treatment.
Arts
fromOregon ArtsWatch * Arts & Culture News
2 weeks ago

E.M. Lewis's 'Apple Season': Biting into a tale of many flavors * Oregon ArtsWatch

Apple Season examines how familial violence and trauma shape siblings on an Oregon farm, probing grief, legacy, and the possibility of healing or escape.
Mental health
fromNature
2 weeks ago

Rewire

Vivian undergoes forced memory replacement, experiencing dissonant borrowed memories alongside lingering trauma and guilt from an erased violent incident.
US news
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

ICE in courts: Wife of Bronx man arrested at Federal Plaza in front of children says it left her family traumatized | amNewYork

ICE agents forcibly removed a Bronx father, Luis, during an immigration hearing at 26 Federal Plaza, separating him from his three children.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Understanding Dissociative States

Dissociation is an evolutionarily driven protective cognitive response that everyone experiences, often benignly, but can become maladaptive after trauma.
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Trauma, Arousal, and Addiction

Early trauma can have a multitude of detrimental effects and consequences-one of which is dysregulated arousal. Traumatic experiences can disrupt the normal functioning of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and cause arousal extremes through overactivation of the sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system (SNS and PNS, respectively). Indeed, individuals with trauma histories can experience hyperarousal (fight or flight mode; SNS activation) or hypoarousal (freeze or numbing; PNS activation) in response to perceived threats (Corrigan et al., 2011; Ogden et al., 2006).
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Restoring Meaning and Relationship in Trauma Therapy

In our current clinical landscape, "trauma" has become a ubiquitous term-both in the scientific literature and in popular discourse. The word is invoked in diagnostic manuals, self-help books, and even casual conversation. The dominant narrative around trauma today often privileges a view of trauma as a "thing"-a technical problem with distinct behavioral, neurobiological, or cognitive symptoms that exists apart from the lived experience of the person.
Psychology
Public health
fromTODAY.com
3 weeks ago

People Are Sharing Their Most Outrageous Summer Camp Scandals

Sleepaway camps can harbor extreme misconduct, safety failures, negligence, and traumatic incidents involving both staff and campers.
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

10 Reasons Why Psychosis Is Not a Waking Nightmare

He said this to try and make me feel like schizophrenia is nothing that is really that different from what others experience, so I shouldn't feel weird, abnormal, or ashamed. I truly appreciate the intention behind what he is saying; however, it really has me thinking of this analogy, whether it has merit, and what the true differences are between a nightmare and a psychotic break.
Mental health
US politics
fromKqed
3 weeks ago

Oakland Attorneys Say Immigrant Children Are Being Held in Prison-Like Conditions | KQED

Prolonged custody times for children in CBP detention violate their rights and create detrimental impacts on their well-being.
#healing
Social justice
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Abuse victim 'left home with just nappies and toys'

Survivors of domestic abuse often flee with minimal belongings, facing immense challenges and further trauma in the aftermath.
LGBT
fromSlate Magazine
3 weeks ago

There's One Sex Act I Absolutely Will Not Do. It's the One That's Most Expected.

Clear communication of boundaries is essential for a fulfilling casual relationship.
#mental-health
fromAeon
1 month ago
Philosophy

How an artist learned to 'co-live' with the distressing voice in her head | Aeon Videos

fromTiny Buddha
1 month ago
Mental health

The Whisper That Saved My Life When I Was Drowning - Tiny Buddha

Healing begins with self-honesty and confronting one's own pain.
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago
Mental health

A New Novel Explores the Bittersweet Narrative of Life

Negative experiences contribute significantly to a meaningful life.
fromAeon
1 month ago
Philosophy

How an artist learned to 'co-live' with the distressing voice in her head | Aeon Videos

fromPsychology Today
4 weeks ago

What "The Goldfinch" Gets Right About Trauma

When Theo loses his mother in a museum bombing, the rupture is instant, but the collapse stretches across years. Grief hollows him out and leaves him spiraling without an anchor.
Books
Film
fromThe Atlantic
4 weeks ago

The Feel-Bad, Feel-Good Movie of the Year

The film resolves its central mystery while illustrating that closure does not eliminate past suffering.
fromwww.standard.co.uk
4 weeks ago

Pregnant mother kidnapped and bound by gang in van outside London home tells of horrific ordeal

The 36-year-old woman was suddenly grabbed and thrown into the back of a white Ford Transit van as she left her home on the morning of May 10.
London politics
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

"An Open Heart," by Jamil Jan Kochai

A father undergoes surgery that leaves a bomb in his chest while grappling with violent imagery and familial tensions over gruesome footage.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

My children were abused in care. The silence that followed was suffocating | Anonymous

The author reflects on the traumatic impact of their children being abused, emphasizing the journey of healing and advocacy.
Photography
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

From dentist to artist: Sudanese exile turns to photography as an outlet for trauma

Red fabric represents trauma and bloodshed in Hashim Nasr's photography, reflecting the impact of war in Sudan.
Germany news
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Helping women refugees in Germany find work DW 08/10/2025

Female refugees in Germany face significant barriers to employment, with many remaining unemployed years after arriving.
Social justice
fromTruthout
1 month ago

11 Years After Invasion, Thousands of Yazidi Women and Kids Are Still Missing

Yazidi women commemorate victims and missing relatives 11 years after the genocide, highlighting personal and communal trauma from ISIS attacks.
Film
fromVulture
1 month ago

Outlander: Blood of My Blood Series-Premiere Recap: Not Serious People

The prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood opens with intense emotional trauma and reveals Claire's parents fell through time to 1714.
Parenting
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

My Husband's Adult Daughter Got Sick and Moved in With Us. I Might Need to Flee.

Unexpected caregiving responsibilities can trigger past trauma, leading to feelings of being trapped.
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

ICE in court: Three months of immigrant raids by masked fed agents continue in Lower Manhattan, with no end in sight | amNewYork

Masked federal agents now routinely patrol the immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, creating an atmosphere where immigrants fear not the hearings but their outcomes after dismissal.
NYC politics
fromSan Jose Spotlight
1 month ago

ICE fears keep San Jose students away from school - San Jose Spotlight

Students have dropped out of summer and afterschool enrichment programs, opting to stay home in fear of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detaining their family and friends.
Education
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

'The memory always comes back'

Ismael, 13, and his brother Estebao, 10, recount their abduction by armed members of the ISIL affiliate in Mozambique, emphasizing the traumatic impact it had on them. They were seized from their village while playing, increasing concerns about the rise of child abductions in the Cabo Delgado region.
Public health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Trauma Is Not an Alibi: Balancing Empathy and Accountability

Trauma can explain behavior, but it does not excuse harm or remove the need for accountability. Healing requires both empathy for the past and responsibility for present actions.
Mental health
#psychoanalysis
Mental health
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Shame, Trauma, and Eating Disorders: What We're Missing

Shame is a core but often overlooked driver of eating disorders in trauma survivors.
Up to 50% of individuals in eating disorder treatment report a history of sexual trauma.
Effective treatment must address shame, not just symptoms, to support lasting recovery.
fromSlate Magazine
1 month ago

Help! My Sister Just Became a Therapist, and She's Turning Her "Power" Against Me in a Very Dangerous Way.

My sister, who I love, thinks she’s the only one who is right and gives unwarranted advice based on her current trends, which are increasingly concerning.
Mental health
#ukraine
Television
fromDefector
1 month ago

'Such Brave Girls' Wants To Trauma Bond With You | Defector

Such Brave Girls satirizes the complexities of family trauma and identity through dark humor and extreme characters.
East Bay (California)
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Two lovers bonded over war and troubled marriages. It allegedly ended with Hayward murder-for-hire

Razma Mohammed-Ibrahim faces life charges for allegedly conspiring to murder her husband, Parwiz Assar, influenced by her traumatic past and a secret affair.
Relationships
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Two lovers bonded over war and troubled marriages. It allegedly ended with Hayward murder-for-hire

Razma Mohammed-Ibrahim allegedly conspired with her lover to murder her husband, Parwiz Assar, using payment in gold for the act.
fromBuzzFeed
1 month ago

My Mom Said 7 Cryptic Words To Me On Her Deathbed. Here's What I Finally Realized Later.

"I'm done. Make this dying happen." This command from my mother represents a moment of acceptance, a powerful statement of her readiness to let go of life and her suffering.
Mental health
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

UK police hold pro-Palestine protester, 80, for almost 27 hours and search house

An 80-year-old woman was traumatized after being detained for 27 hours by police at a pro-Palestine rally in Cardiff.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How Childhood Trauma Can Linger

"Childhood experiences, particularly trauma, can shape our sense of self, our idea of home, and how we navigate adulthood, even when outward success has been achieved."
Mental health
fromTruthout
1 month ago

ICE Jailed a 6-Year-Old With Leukemia for More Than a Month

"The little boy doesn't want to leave his home. He's terrified. He sobs, cries and screams when his mother takes him out of the house," says attorney Elora Mukherjee.
US politics
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

After his father died in the hospital, a nurse held him in his arms

An unsung hero named Ray provided essential support and comfort to Alek Hermon during the worst week of his life.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

I danced my little bottom off!' Anna Friel on a rejuvenating Oasis gig and her new Jimmy McGovern drama

Anna Friel portrays Anna Mitchell, a mother dealing with profound trauma after her brother is released from prison and assaults her young son. The narrative explores her struggle with trust and the impact of this betrayal on her mental state.
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Narrow Road to the Deep North review immensely powerful TV

Thematically, ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North’ is about a group of Australian prisoners of war constructing the Burma railway in the mid-1940s, focusing on the lasting trauma of conflict and imprisonment.
Film
#psychology
#self-compassion
US politics
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Op-Ed | You can't look away: Witnessing ICE abuses in immigration court | amNewYork

Young men awaiting court dates are often arrested by ICE agents, facing immediate deportation and severe trauma.
Mental health
fromHackernoon
2 months ago

What Digital Therapy Gets Wrong About Recovery - and Why That Matters More Than Ever | HackerNoon

Digital therapy focuses on symptom management rather than true recovery, which involves the profound reconstruction of self after trauma.
fromHigh Country News
1 month ago

Two hotshots, two memoirs - High Country News

Ramsey's Wildfire Days was published June 17, and Selby's Hotshot will be released on Aug.12.
Mental health
Writing
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Writing What Haunts Us and Refusing the Tidy Narrative

Erica Stern's memoir "Frontier" creatively explores the complexities of childbirth and trauma through hybrid narrative forms.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Why I study trauma's genetic legacy

Exploration of trauma's genetic impact in vulnerable populations is crucial for understanding mental health and intergenerational effects.
fromHackernoon
4 years ago

This Is Dangerous Advice | HackerNoon

Most limitations you've accepted aren't based on what's possible - they're based on what went wrong for someone else.
Mindfulness
London politics
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Child asylum seekers need more support, study says

Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in London need enhanced protection and support due to daily adversities they face.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'Don't tell me my baby wasn't meant to be'

"My baby was alive but 16 weeks is too young. I'm holding my baby and I could tell that there was nothing I could do. My baby had 10 tiny fingers and toes and was perfectly formed but was just tiny, the size of a pear."
Mental health
Relationships
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

The Man I'm Seeing Said Something Deeply Disturbing to Me in Bed. I Can't Forget It.

Role-play during intimacy can cross personal boundaries and trigger past trauma, raising concerns about the intentions behind such actions.
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Thirty years ago we said never again, Srebrenica. How much longer before we declare: never again, Gaza? | Ed Husic

Mirela Muratovic, a survivor of the Srebrenica genocide, reflects on her trauma and the ongoing need to address suffering.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Wildfires reopen earthquake wounds in Turkiye's shattered Hatay province

"We looked at the sky confused at first. Smoke billowed from the mountains. The wind picked up and the flames kept rising," Yilmaz recounted, describing the same panic, the same suffocating fear.
Black Lives Matter
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Suit Hung. Tied Tongue review rabble-rousing revenge drama takes aim at the 1%

The film explores the radicalization of brothers Sean and Freddie Halpin through a mockumentary lens that critiques societal injustices.
London
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

7/7 medic: 'It's the silence that gets you'

The 7/7 attacks in London resulted in 52 deaths and profound changes for emergency responders.
History
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The New Nuclear Arms Race

Keiko Ogura's vivid memories of the Hiroshima bomb emphasize its devastating impact on survivors, particularly children.
Mindfulness
fromCN Traveller
2 months ago

On a healing journey in Sedona, motherhood lost and found

A writer's journey to a destination spa becomes a means to confront unresolved grief over her mother's traumatic passing.
London music
fromwww.oxfordmail.co.uk
2 months ago

Hero of 7/7 London terrorist bombings dies weeks before 20th anniversary

Gerardine Quaghebeur exemplified heroism during the 7/7 attacks by assisting injured victims despite her own severe injuries.
London music
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

My cultural awakening: a Marina Abramovic show helped me to stop hating my abusive father

Experiencing Marina Abramovic's conceptual art led to a transformative emotional release and personal reflection during the performance.
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