Do you often find yourself going above and beyond to make others happy ? Do you find yourself feeling extremely guilty constantly when you aren’t able to please others? Being overly concerned with only the emotions of others and not thinking about your needs can be a trauma response called ‘fawning’. You may know of … Continue reading “Understanding the fawn response to trauma”
A toxic relationship can leave you with trauma and damage your self-worth immensely. While physical abuse is overt and easily identifiable, emotional abuse is often covert and can go unrecognised for a long time. This is especially the case with narcissistic abuse, which is emotional abuse associated with narcissistic personality disorder. 📝 All articles on … Continue reading “How to recover and heal from narcissistic abuse”
Domestic or intimate partner violence is more common than any of us would like to believe and involves physical, sexual and emotional abuse (neglect by the spouse). According to recent statistics from the National Family Health Survey-4, every 4th woman faces some kind of domestic violence with physical violence being the most common. If these … Continue reading “Intimate Partner Violence and What You Can Do”
Have you ever gone through a difficult situation in the past and have felt the need to get over it? But even after trying hard to “let it go”, you have found yourself struggling and the thoughts keep coming back to you; it’s almost impossible to shake this feeling. This means you might be suffering … Continue reading “Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and its impact on mental health”
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