Having Flashbacks or Nightmares?Here’s What You Need To Know About Traumatic Memories If you’ve ever experienced overwhelming stress, shock, abuse, loss, neglect, or violence, your nervous system probably went into protection mode to keep you safe. By shutting down...
All good things come to an end – even counselling Here’s how to deal with the conclusion of your therapeutic process The end of counselling is inevitable and may occur for a number of reasons. You’ve reached your goals, you or your therapist may be moving, you...
Sadly, some of us experience such extreme trauma in our lives that we push our feelings deep, deep down inside, to cope with the unbearable pain. It’s too overwhelming to deal with the emotions all at once, so we force them away, dealing with them bit by bit as they...
For some of us, wounds run deep. Others can’t physically see our wounds and they don’t physically bleed, but deep down, they have cut us up and are very hurtful. Some people form addictions as a coping mechanism… There’s many things we can become addicted to: drugs,...
If you have ever experienced anxiety – you will know first hand how debilitating it can be and just how helpless it can make you feel. Physically, anxiety can be felt as nausea, dizziness, trembling, muscular tension, back ache or a tight feeling in the chest....
