The hidden toll of living in survival mode is a cost to your body Trauma changes how your body spends energy. Even when nothing “big” happens, your nervous system is working in the background, trying to keep you safe. Trauma fatigue isn’t laziness or burnout, it’s the cost of living in a body still wiredContinue reading “The Hidden Side of Trauma Fatigue”
Category Archives: October Blogs 2025
What People Get Wrong About PTSD Recovery
It’s not about reliving the trauma, it’s about restoring safety PTSD recovery is often misunderstood. Many people think it’s simply about “talking through it” or revisiting the traumatic event until the fear disappears. But real recovery doesn’t begin with the story, it begins with the nervous system feeling safe enough to stop defending itself. TheContinue reading “What People Get Wrong About PTSD Recovery”
The Emotional Cost of Being “The Strong One”
People see your competence, not your cost. They see your resilience, not your reality. For many trauma survivors, strength becomes a role you learned early — not a choice you made. You get through pain quietly. You carry what others can’t. You stabilise situations, manage crises, and hold yourself together even when you’re breaking inside.Continue reading “The Emotional Cost of Being “The Strong One””
Why Your Body Remembers Even When You Want to Forget
Trauma lives in the nervous system, not just in memory Trauma is not stored as a story, it’s stored as sensation. Even when your mind tries to move on, your nervous system holds fragments of what happened: the tension, the freezing, the vigilance, the instinct to brace. This is why trauma feels like it “comesContinue reading “Why Your Body Remembers Even When You Want to Forget”
The Psychology of Chronic Pain: What Survivors Wish People Knew
The unseen emotional weight behind long-term pain Living with chronic pain isn’t just physical, it becomes an emotional, cognitive, and relational load most people can’t see. Survivors often feel misunderstood not because others don’t care, but because the experience is invisible on the outside and relentless on the inside. What Survivors Wish People Knew PeopleContinue reading “The Psychology of Chronic Pain: What Survivors Wish People Knew”
