Anyone can suffer abuse and it doesn’t have to be violent, there are many forms of abuse. Most abuse doesn’t leave physical scars, it leaves mental ones. Abuse can be physical, psychological, coercive or emotional. Suffering any kind of abuse over a prolonged period of time will
Read more →The birth of a child is supposed to be a beginning. However, for many women, a traumatic birth experience feels like an ending. If you went through a medical emergency, felt unheard during labor, feared for your life or the life of your baby, your mind might
Read more →You might tell yourself it’s just nerves. A flicker of heat rising in your cheeks before a presentation, after a mistake, or when someone looks at you a beat too long. You might have spent years hoping people wouldn’t notice, changing your behaviour to avoid triggers, or
Read more →“I’m a beetroot. There’s something fundamentally wrong with me.” That is what I used to tell myself. As I explain in my book, Beyond Blushing, I had a phobia of blushing. I had erythrophobia. It was more than just feeling a little self-conscious when my cheeks turned
Read more →How Hypnotherapy Changes the Way Trauma Is Stored Feature The Old Way (Trauma/Anxiety) The Hypnotherapy Way Brain Region Amygdala: Memory is stored as an active, high-alert “threat.” Hippocampus: Memory is moved to the historical “archive.” Experience Emotional Flashback: You relive the terror and helplessness. Integration: You remember
Read more →The Science-Backed Rewind Technique Hypnotherapy for PTSD The Debilitating Fear That Keeps People Suffering One of the biggest misconceptions about recovering from PTSD is that you have to talk through every painful detail of what happened. For many trauma survivors, this prospect is so daunting that they
Read more →Treating the Anxiety Behind the Teeth Grinding If you wake up with a sore jaw, tension headaches, or teeth that feel worn and sensitive, you have probably already been told you grind your teeth when sleeping. Your dentist may have fitted you with a mouthguard, or at
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