Tag: relationships
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How To Trust Yourself and Others Again After Trauma
Why Trauma Makes Trust Feel Unsafe Trauma changes the way your brain understands safety. When you go through something painful, overwhelming, unpredictable, your mind learns to stay alert. It’s trying to protect you from ever feeling that way again. Even after the situation has passed, your nervous system can still act like the danger is…
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How Trauma Can Make Someone Emotionally Unavailable & How to Reach Them Without Losing Yourself
Loving someone who feels emotionally distant can leave you feeling confused, lonely, and deeply hurt. You may find yourself replaying conversations, wondering what you said or did wrong, or trying harder and harder to reach a part of them that always seems just out of reach. Emotional unavailability is often misunderstood as indifference, coldness, or…
After the Dark 