A 2024 study found that shame and emotion dysregulation together account for 59% of PTSD symptoms. Take a second and let that number land. Don’t rush past it. Fifty-nine percent. That means shame isn’t just a side effect of your trauma. It isn't a "bonus" symptom you have to deal with on the side. It is one of the main events. And yet, …
Nervous System Regulation
Your Body Isn’t Broken: How Stanford Research Explains Your Trauma Recovery Journey
If you are living with the long-term effects of childhood trauma, you’ve likely had days where you felt like your body was an unreliable narrator, or worse, an enemy. Maybe it’s a migraine that hits every time you try to set a boundary. Maybe it’s a digestive system that seems to react to everything, or a "brain fog" so thick you feel like …
