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Trauma has no sense of time
Triggers are trauma memories When you are ‘triggered’ you are having a bodily or emotional memory of the trauma. You’re experiencing the emotions and bodily sensations you experienced at the time of the trauma, even if you have no memory of what happened to you. But...
Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is a diagnosis listed in the DSM 5, but is not listed as a trauma disorder. Instead it is placed with the personality disorders. Despite this, research has shown that childhood trauma is a significant risk factor in the...
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Many individuals may have been inaccurately diagnosed or categorised under PTSD or Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) due to the unavailability of Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a diagnostic category. I would argue that all psychological disorders stem...
Trauma and the brain
Understanding the impact of trauma on the brain helps us understand why we get stuck in the trauma and get tricked into thinking we are constantly unsafe. Our brain and nervous system is a complex and finely tuned network designed to protect us from danger. However,...
Small t Traumas and Large T Traumas
Small t Traumas and Large T Traumas Some categorise traumas into Small t and Large T traumas. These categories help draw attention to the fact that smaller but repeated traumas are just as, if not more, deeply impactful than the obvious and concrete larger, or single...
Ambivalent and avoidant attachment
Attachment is a concept that is spoken about a lot. Formed in the earliest years of our lives, it goes on to impact us for a lifetime. Yet it is surprisingly difficult to find any reading material that goes beyond infants to how it impacts adults in relationships....
A Transgender Journey
A Transgender Journey: Juliet Jacques Juliet Jacques wrote a series of posts for The Guardian newspaper about her transition journey. While everyone's experience will be different, there may be aspects of Juliet's path that resonate with yours. ...
On Being Trans Enough: A Different Take
On Being Trans Enough: A Different Take Before I begin. I'm cisgender, a psychologist, and relatively new to understanding trans issues. I hope what I share is helpful to some. I acknowledge my privilege and inevitable ignorance as a cisgendered person. I'm mindful...
A Webcomic by Mae Dean
One of my lovely clients shared this with me. It was very representative of their experience. [visual-link-preview...
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