We all react to trauma from instinct, but some of us don't even realize that's what's happening in the moment. Our bodies tend to react in ways we instinctively believe will protect us when we ...

Common responses to trauma are the flight/fight/freeze/fawn mechanisms. When we do not like how we feel from trauma, we tend to do something to help us forget about ...

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This post is the second of a series about dispelling trauma myths. (You can read the first one here.) As a phenomenon, trauma involves a collection of experiences and reactions rooted in our ...

Your people-pleasing habit isn't a personality quirk. It could, in fact, be a deep-rooted trauma response you’ve never even questioned. When you grow up in unpredictable environments or experience ...

In the intricate tapestry of human behavior, we often dismiss certain personal traits as "quirks" – a little bit of shyness, a tendency to overthink, or a need for constant reassurance. Yet, what if ...

You have probably heard of “fight or flight” responses to distressing situations. You may also be familiar with the tendency to “freeze”. But there is another defence or survival strategy a person can ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. author of Chained to the Desk in a Hybrid World: A Guide to Balance. Chances are, you’re familiar with fight, flight and freeze.

As Brazilian author Paulo Coelho writes, “You drown not by falling into a river but by staying submerged in it.” This is an apt metaphor for how trauma impacts people, individually and collectively.