Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shutterstock Most people think of people-pleasing as a harmless habit, but fawning is something entirely different — a trauma ...

A video of a therapist discussing the psychological impulse to move away and start fresh as a "trauma response" went viral on TikTok. The video, posted by @lostgirltherapist, described as an ...

When you're stuck in survival mode but your actions aren't Functional freeze is when someone goes into autopilot as a response to chronic stress and trauma. Unlike other trauma responses, someone in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When someone’s gone through emotional neglect, chronic stress, or unprocessed trauma, it often shows up in ways that look like ...

These days, it's common to scroll through social media feeds and see certain "buzzy" terms in captions and on images, like "gaslighting," "golden handcuffs," "brightsiding," "parentification" and ...

We all react to trauma from instinct, but some of us don't even realize that's what's happening in the moment. Our bodies tend to react in ways we instinctively believe will protect us when we ...

Emotional wounds from past experiences might seem confined to your mental landscape, but medical research increasingly confirms what many health practitioners have long suspected: the burden of ...

Past trauma casts long shadows over present relationships, creating invisible barriers to intimacy and connection that both partners often struggle to understand. When traumatic experiences remain ...