by Dr Pam | Jul 7, 2025 | Blog
The idea that we take all of our “hot trauma” and shove it into a box in our minds with a lid is a powerful metaphor for understanding how trauma affects our emotional landscape, particularly in relation to ptsd. The lid is unlocked when something around us looks,...
by Dr Pam | Jun 2, 2025 | Blog
To struggle like mad to try to climb its way out. I would actually be miming, in sort of a grand way, struggling with arms and legs flailing around. And we all know from watching movies or cartoons what happens when you try to struggle your way out of quicksand,...
by Dr Pam | Jun 2, 2025 | Blog
In 2025, we know that it’s essential to survival that our brains hotwire to what happened. We’re just lucky to be in safer times. If we stayed/lived in the warzone, or if we lived where perpetrators had the power to repetitively assault us, hypervigilance wouldn’t be...
by Dr Pam | Feb 21, 2025 | Blog
Purchase the Audiobook here 📖 If you met me at work, it would be at a waiting room door or over a telehealth secure video server. This is what happens after saying hello 👋 I’m Dr. Hall, clinical and forensic psychologist. I’ve been doing psych exams for VA benefit...
by Dr Pam | Feb 26, 2022 | Blog
Trauma Memory is a Nightmare The most persistent, noticeable, and painful part of PTSD has to be the way that the past feels like it is happening over and over again in the present. This is what we call trauma memory. It’s different from any other kind of memory...
