Most people know the fight-or-flight response, a survival mechanism related to threatening situations and events. In recent years, in no small part due to high-profile legal cases involving sexual ...

So, you've started to notice some patterns in your life, and you're wondering why you react the way you do. Emotional habits can feel like second nature, but sometimes they're more than just quirks.

Life can sometimes feel like a maze, especially when certain behaviors become second nature. You might not realize it, but some of these reactions can actually be responses to past trauma. It's not ...

Most people think of people-pleasing as a harmless habit, but fawning is something entirely different — a trauma response so overlooked and misunderstood that most people don’t even realize they’re ...

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 ...

At the site of an accident or unexpected injury, the first few minutes determine a patient's outcome - whether they survive, recover fully, or are stricken by long-term complications. Trauma care is ...

If you tolerate behavior from relatives you would never accept from anyone else, it may be a sign that your ‘holiday personality’ has taken over. The holidays have a curious way of pulling us back in ...

Does your body remember what your mind tries to forget A psychologist explains how trauma manifests as physical tension why the body keeps the score and simple ways to heal ...

Five soldiers wounded in a shooting at Fort Stewart are in stable condition. Two of the soldiers were transported to Memorial Health University Medical Center, a Level 1 trauma center. The center ...

Air ambulances may be tipping the balance between life and death—saving more trauma patients than statistics say should survive.