trauma

At its core, trauma can be thought of as the psychological wounds that persist, even when the physical ones are long gone.

The Copycat Deception
Written by a human, for humans, always. --- One of my least favorite movements of recent times is the "manifesting" movement.
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM5 months ago in Psyche
A Moment On Bedrock
They tell you, “Leap and the net will appear.” What if it doesn’t? What if you leap anyway — trembling, exhausted, terrified — and there is no net? What if you recover from alcoholism, self-harm, anorexia, rape, and assault — think you’ve finally reached stable ground — only to be swept into another nightmare?
By THE HONED CRONE5 months ago in Psyche
What Is Life If It's Not Sharing Traumas With Other Humans
To answer the question, at first, it's insanely hard. Traumas are, however, a part of life. And if you have never been traumatized, you can consider yourself one of the luckiest people alive.
By Jason Morton5 months ago in Psyche
What’s Your Part?
This is not about denying harm. It is not about blurring responsibility. It is about learning how to hold truth without getting stuck inside it.
By THE HONED CRONE5 months ago in Psyche
The Attention Economy Is Eating Your Life, And Most People Don’t Even Notice
Every morning starts the same way for millions of people. You wake up. You grab your phone. You check notifications. Maybe Instagram. Maybe TikTok. Maybe WhatsApp. Maybe you tell yourself you’ll scroll for “just five minutes.”
By Muhammad Talmeez 5 months ago in Psyche
Borrowed Worth
When someone feels insecure about who they are, they start borrowing worth from the groups they belong to. Core personal identity can become shaky through failure, uncertainty, trauma, or modern life’s atomization. People shift from “I am valuable because of what I do, create, or stand for” to “I am valuable because of who we are.” This is borrowed worth, or reflected glory. It works in the short term, but it’s fragile.
By Annam M Gordon5 months ago in Psyche
THE PURGE IS NOT DESTRUCTION
There is a kind of healing that does not arrive gently. It arrives like pressure. Like something living inside the body that must be expelled—slowly, violently, honestly—because it can no longer be contained without distortion.
By THE HONED CRONE5 months ago in Psyche
Why Do I Feel Emotionally Detached From Everyone? (And What It Actually Means)
You’re sitting in a room full of people you care about. Someone is laughing at something. Someone else is telling a story, leaning in, gesturing. And you’re just… watching. Present in body. Somewhere else entirely in mind. You smile when it seems right. You nod. But there’s a wall you can feel without being able to touch it — between you and all of them. Between you and everything, maybe.
By Apostolos Sotiriadis5 months ago in Psyche
10 Ways To Improve Emotional Wellness
Emotional wellness affects sleep, relationships, stress levels, work habits, and daily routines. Many people ignore emotional strain until it starts affecting their patience, focus, or energy at home and work. Small habits often shape emotional health more than people realize, especially during stressful seasons of life. Healthy emotional routines can help people feel calmer, more focused, and more connected to the people around them.
By Piper Burch5 months ago in Psyche
The call that broke my reality. Content Warning.
When we think of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder we typically think of people who are in repeated moments of high stress, like combat veterans, nurses, paramedics, etc. But truth be told, it's not just that, it can be everything from a moment of violence when you were younger, being assaulted or even in my case a mourning period that was completely derailed by a man who had no idea what he had done, and probably didn't even realise he had done anything.
By Ashyr H.5 months ago in Psyche
The Special Paradox
Written by a human, for humans, always. --- Has anyone ever told you that... You're special? There has been a lot of research in recent years that has gone into what happens psychologically to people when they have been told that they are special.
By H.E. Dr. Cody Dakota Wooten, COIE, DFM, DHM5 months ago in Psyche
Leaving Feels Like a Moral Failure
“In many cultures, women are taught that preserving the family matters more than preserving themselves. So when a woman considers divorce, she is not just confronting a relationship. She is confronting generations of conditioning around duty, sacrifice, obedience, and belonging.” - Dr Niyati
By Annam M Gordon6 months ago in Psyche