People who went through hell growing up and still turned out okay learned a handful of survival skills that kept them ...

This post reviews a recent paper on posttraumatic growth, published in Personality and Individual Differences. But first, I will explain what we mean by trauma, posttraumatic growth, and core beliefs.

But then there’s complex trauma and honestly, most of us who would meet PTSD criteria, it is of the more complex variety typically—meaning it’s one thing after another that has made the trauma ...

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Most people experience a traumatic event some time during their lives — losing a loved one, being the victim of violence or surviving a natural disaster. But what happens when the impact of trauma is ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. “You have to read this book,” my new psychologist informed me. As a teenager, I was ...