#childhood trauma
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Time Heals Some Wounds
Science confirms some traumas heal with time, but childhood trauma requires more work.
Psychologies · 1m
Collin Gosselin Takes Back Story in Memoir
Collin Gosselin shares childhood trauma in memoir after returning to reality TV.
Decider · 1m
Why blocking my volatile mother after a lifetime of her cruel jibes and screaming fits is the best decision I ever made
After years of her cruel comments and screaming fits, I blocked my volatile mother to protect my family from her toxicity.
Dailymail · 2m
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My best friend, ED
Katherine Luden traces how an eating disorder took root in childhood shame and consumed her into adulthood.
Daily Maverick · 3m
Adults Who Feel They Must Do More Often Hear These 5 Childhood Phrases
Adults who feel they must do more often heard these 5 childhood phrases that shape their emotional limits.
Psychologies · 1m
Healing Trauma Through Children?
A partner proposes healing childhood trauma by having kids, but the writer fears it’s dangerous.
Slate Magazine · 2m
Sharon Stone on Hollywood Survival
Sharon Stone shares how she thrived in Hollywood for 46 years despite childhood trauma and family risks.
Variety · 1m
Why Adults Cut Ties With Parents Isn't Impulsive
Adults often cut ties with parents due to childhood experiences, not sudden decisions.
Psychologies · 1m
Why some people can't throw things away
A psychogeriatrician explains Diogenes syndrome, a complex condition rooted in childhood trauma that goes far beyond hoarding.
Psychologies · 2m
Procrastination may be trauma, not laziness
Brain imaging reveals how childhood abuse rewires the circuits that control task avoidance.
Psychologies · 2m
Empty nesters, full hearts, big decisions
Three families navigate the messy transitions of parenthood: launching kids, relocating for them, and balancing marriage with children.
Slate Magazine · 3m
Why some adults refuse help, even when exhausted
Psychologists trace the roots of compulsive self-reliance to childhood experiences of emotional neglect and parentification.
Psychologies · 1m
Difficult childhoods shape adult behavior
Psychologists identify five common patterns in adults who grew up in unstable homes, from hypervigilance to conflict avoidance.
Psychologies · 2m
Eight reflexes that reveal childhood insecurity
Psychologists identify common adult behaviors rooted in unstable childhoods, though anxiety isn't inevitable.
Psychologies · 1m
A generation of kids suffers as Trump destabilizes immigrant families
Millions of American children with immigrant parents face detention, lost benefits, and severe mental health crises as enforcement intensifies.
The Banner · 4m
8 signs you grew up with authoritarian parents
Strict parenting shapes adults in lasting ways, from decision-making struggles to perfectionism and trust issues.
Psychologies · 1m
How to break generational trauma and stop unhealthy patterns
If you know the way you were raised isn't what you want for your kids, a psychologist explains practical ways to break unhealthy family patterns.
MadeForMums · 3m · 5 views