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A Love Letter to the Mad

Mad in America

Hope Moon Event poster generated with the help ofChatGPTandDALL-E But to understand my story of hope, we have to go back to the beginning. But I try not to trample on the muggles I believe that early life trauma was a big part of setting me up to be manic. When emotionally devastating events happened to me, I would really struggle.

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Healing from Within: Trauma Therapy for Women Who’ve Been Told They’re ‘Too Sensitive’

Lightwork

Healing from Within: Trauma Therapy for Women Who’ve Been Told They’re ‘Too Sensitive’ Have you ever been told that you’re “too sensitive”? The combination of trauma and sensitivity presents unique challenges.

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Self Stolen: How ECT Fried My Brain

Mad in America

A traumatic brain injury in 2002 didn’t help anything. I tried going back to school after the brain injury, but between the bipolar disorder and the head trauma, I couldn’t handle the stress and pressure anymore. I did not get jokes, or references to famous people, places, or events. My IQ tested at 144.

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How Physical Environments Shape Mental Health: A Clinical Guide

The Whole Psychiatry & Brain Recovery Center

Understanding these mechanisms allows clinicians to assess and modify spaces as part of comprehensive treatment, extending therapeutic intervention beyond traditional talk therapy to include environmental factors that trigger automatic brain responses. Key Finding: Spatial context plays a crucial role in memory updating and retrieval.

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Dreaming with Purpose: How the Mind’s Hidden GPS Can Guide Us Toward Personal and Societal Healing

Mad in America

For trauma survivors, these visions often spill into waking life as flashbacks, blurring the line between sleep and waking reality. For trauma survivors, these visions often spill into waking life as flashbacks, blurring the line between sleep and waking reality. People dreamed of tidal waves, crumbling cities, and faceless threats.

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Trauma? Not Me

Mad in America

From CPTSD Foundation : “Trauma is a word or a concept that does not resonate with everyone. They ‘don’t have trauma’ because they are ‘tougher’ than that. When they describe their pain points or struggles with me as a trauma recovery coach, I see them as symptoms of previous trauma.

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Can PTSD Cause Memory Loss?

Center for Integrative Psychiatry

Experiencing trauma can impact far more than just emotions, it can reshape the way the brain works. In this article, we’ll explore how PTSD causes memory loss , the science behind it, and what treatments are available to help improve cognitive functioning in trauma survivors. But how exactly does PTSD affect memory?