When people experience overwhelming stress, the brain prioritises survival responses such as fight, flight or freeze. This can interfere with the brain systems that normally help organise experiences into coherent narrative memories.
Trauma
For many survivors of complex trauma, going to the dentist can feel overwhelming, frightening, and sometimes retraumatising. If this is how you feel, you are not alone.
This collection of stories, by Neil Atkinson shows the courage of survivors in healing from child sexual abuse – for survivors and therapists alike.
This article provides information about the risks of secondary trauma for people supporting survivors on their journey of recovery
This article provides tools for managing trauma stories in the media.
This article provides strategies to help manage triggers, and flashbacks
This article reflects on the impacts of cumulative trauma and threat and how we can cope.
This article explores parenting for people with a complex trauma history.
This is a review of book about parenting by Dan Siegel for people with trauma histories
This article highlights the relationship between trauma and alcohol and drug use
