Self-awareness Sleep and mental health Trauma and the brain 
Mad in America
APRIL 17, 2025
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. These examples arent quirky accidents.
Lightwork
JUNE 19, 2025
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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ADDitude
JUNE 18, 2025
Dysregulated Nervous System Causes: Trauma, Stress, and Hypervigilance Scientific understanding of the ADHD-nervous system connection is still emerging. Many of us carry unresolved trauma — from childhood adversity, academic rejection, health misdiagnoses, or growing up feeling misunderstood or “too much.” And I wasn’t alone.
Lightwork
JUNE 26, 2025
Understanding Overthinking Overthinking affects many women, causing them to constantly think about “what-if” scenarios and get stuck in endless mental loops that seem impossible to break free from. From disrupted sleep patterns to decreased productivity, the effects ripple through every aspect of your daily experience.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
F ollowing my recent experience of antidepressant withdrawal and having worked in psychiatry for nearly 20 years as a registered mental health nurse, I now have a very critical view on what good mental health treatment and recovery should look like.
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
I had headaches, brain fog, and fatigue. Being a brain doctor, he focused on the headaches. My sister took antidepressants and my family has a lot of mental health issues, so based on that, I was thrown into the same category. I started talking fast, coming up with ideas and creative projects and I stopped sleeping.
Mad in America
DECEMBER 10, 2024
Waking dreamsallowus to dream while awake, significantly enhancing self-awareness, creative problem-solving, andthe ability to findmeaning in life experiences. Waking dreams are natural phenomenathat occurwhen people experience dreamlike mental activities while awake.
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