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Distress Intolerance and Perseverant Thinking
You know, having this handicapable pup is definitely teaching me a lot. I'm not going to lie and say that everyday is...
3.6 Early Days Rerelease: Distress Intolerance and Perseverant Thinking
Ever feel overwhelmed and shut-down for... well... kind of mundane reasons? Like you're about to explode if your phone...
My emotional “Switch.” Trauma, Dissociation, Emotional Numbing
What is there to say about emotions? In the life of a Traumatized Motherfucker… a whole lot. They’re either here,...
3.4 Early Days Rerelease: Prolonged Freeze States
Ever feel like you get "stuck" in a void? Like your brain goes blank and your tongue gets tied? Do you watch your life...
✭ 3.3 Early Days Rerelease: Emotional Dissociation (AKA Numbing)
How are your emotions? Black and white, like everything else? 0 or 100? Big surprise, your trauma brain is just trying...
Research: Freeze States
A lot of us describe getting “stuck” in a Freeze state following a triggering event or new trauma in our lives. I...
Relational “Deactivation” (AKA bitch, you so hot and cold)
I've been back at trauma reading and learning lately; a side-effect of preparing to go back to school AND having open...
✭✭ 2.17 Early Days Rerelease: Deactivation, hot & cold relationships explained
Ever heard of Deactivation? I hadn't either. But it explains a lot about my do-or-die relationships and flighty...