by Dr Pam | Sep 5, 2025 | Blog
Sexual trauma happens to girls and boys, women and men, in every sector of our society. We have a reasonable expectation that we are safe in all of these places. Shameful acts of violence occur in all these sectors, to shame a few. Homes – families, neighbors,...
by Dr Pam | Aug 7, 2025 | Blog
“Your brain became hard-wired for danger. That’s not weakness. That’s survival.” ~ Dr. Hall, Ph.D- PTSD Unplugged PTSD doesn’t care how strong you are. It doesn’t discriminate between medals, years of service, or how well you “held it together.” It shows up...
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...
