Most people imagine trauma as a single catastrophic moment — a car crash, an assault, a shocking event. But for many women, trauma didn’t come from one moment. It came from someone. A parent. A partner. A caregiver. A person who was supposed to protect you, not...
“It wasn’t that bad.”“Other people have real trauma.”“He never hit me.”“I should’ve stopped it.”“I don’t want to make a big deal out of it.” If these thoughts echo in your mind, you’re not alone — and you’re not wrong or dramatic for having them. Women across...
If you’ve been told you “just have anxiety” but the coping skills your therapist gave you barely make a dent, you’re not imagining it — something deeper may be going on. You may be doing the breathing. The grounding. The journaling. The logic-based reframing. And yet…...
You finally did it. You took a PTSD test — maybe the PCL-5 — hoping for clarity. Hoping for someone to finally tell you what’s going on inside your mind and body. Your score: 27. Below the cutoff. Technically “not PTSD.” Your provider may have said something like,...
Have you ever sat across from a therapist, told them everything, nodded while they reflected it all back to you… and still walked out thinking: “Well, that got me nowhere.” I hear women wonder if they’re making a big deal out of nothing… or if they’ve made the whole...
You’ve been to therapy. You’ve worked on yourself. You’ve tried everything you were told would help. And yet, here you are—still feeling like something is off. Your therapist may have been kind, supportive, even well-meaning… but you weren’t getting the traction you...
