The Effects of Trauma on Eating

The Effects of Trauma on Eating

It is a known fact that trauma can cause eating disorders. Serious eating disorders like anorexia and bulimia often develop during the teenage years, and are two of the most complex and difficult mental health conditions to both treat and recover from. But what about...
Laughter

Laughter

While we all must agree there is nothing humorous about trauma and abuse, laughter can however, serve as a very healing and helpful “medicine” to treat them. When we laugh, we release endorphins, our body’s own natural pain killers. Our stress and anxiety decreases,...
Acceptance

Acceptance

This piece is about acceptance. It involves the challenge and goal of a trauma survivor to learn to accept themself. Even a child who has been traumatized must work through all of the negative words, deeds, and actions that were done to them. Denial is an extremely...
The Benefits of Music

The Benefits of Music

I have never been very musically talented. I never learned to play an instrument, although I could play “Mary had a little lamb” on my grandmother’s piano. Growing up I always wanted to learn how to play the guitar, but that never happened. But music has still played...
Triggers

Triggers

When we think of the trigger of a weapon, we see that it is the part of the weapon that causes it to make the sound of an explosion, do harm to someone, and remind us to take cover because our safety may be in jeopardy.  With trauma, a trigger has a very similar...