PTSD

PTSD doesn't always look like what people expect. The combat veteran with flashbacks is the cultural shorthand but most people living with PTSD are not veterans, and many of them are women whose symptoms look nothing like that image. They look like...

PTSD triggers can feel like they come out of nowhere. One moment things are fine, and then something, a smell, a tone of voice, a date on the calendar and the nervous system is somewhere else entirely. Understanding what triggers are, how to...