Tag: ptsd
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Trauma Flashbacks: A Look at Symptoms, Coping, and Specifics
What Are Trauma Flashbacks? Trauma flashbacks can be sudden and overwhelming. When experiencing a flashback, the present moment seems to vanish, and you intensely relive an aspect of a traumatic event. Flashbacks are a core symptom of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD). For many, this moment feels like a reactivation of the…
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Hypervigilance: A Survival Mode
What Is Hypervigilance? You walk into a room full of people, and your brain immediately analyzes everything: the faces, the noise levels, every small movement. You want to relax, but your system is in constant alert mode—a scenario familiar to many neurodivergent individuals. This heightened state of awareness, known as hypervigilance, is a mental survival…
