Author: Miriam
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Finding Love After Betrayal and Abuse: How to Navigate Unsafe Waters
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What Happens After Betrayal and Abuse Betrayal and abuse leave deep scars, often manifesting in patterns that keep individuals stuck in emotional pain. These patterns typically include: How Does the Worldview of a Victim Change After Toxic Relationships? Experiencing betrayal, emotional manipulation, and lies doesn’t just hurt in the moment.…
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Why Yoga and Meditation Can’t Fully Regulate Your Nervous System
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Let’s talk about nervous system regulation and quick fixes like meditation, yoga, and journaling. While these practices offer short-term relief, they can sometimes distract us from addressing the bigger picture. The ultimate goal should be to achieve a long-term sense of safety that naturally allows your body to relax—not just…
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What’s Up with Psychology, Parents, and Your Love Life?
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There’s a lot of talk about childhood trauma and how your relationship with your parents impacts how you approach relationships as an adult. But what does that really mean? For many, this idea feels vague. At first glance, you might think, “My relationships now look nothing like the ones I…
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Do emotional abusers know what they are doing?
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Emotional abusers often have responses that seem divorced from reality, and their words twist the truth so intensely that it suggests they can’t perceive reality like the rest of us. If you find yourself torn between thinking that an emotionally abusive person in your life knows what they’re doing and…
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Here’s why giving avoidants space is a bad, bad piece of advice
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Allowing your avoidant partner to come and go on a whim only fulfills their needs and completely neglects yours. Key takeaways: If you suspect your partner is dismissive-avoidant or fearful-avoidant, giving them the space necessary almost feels like a life hack. They always bounce back with enthusiasm. However, is it…
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New Evidence Shows That Untreated Trauma Could be at the Root of PCOS
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine disorder in women of reproductive age. However, ask any PCOS sufferer, and you’ll soon find out that despite how often women get diagnosed with it, specialists are yet to find a way for women diagnosed with it to live a more…
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The Challenge of Seeking Help When Growing Up with Trauma
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Unique Challenges in Seeking Help: People suffering from trauma are vulnerable. Depending on what they had to do to survive as children or teenagers, they may exhibit different coping styles. Some may be “fawn types”—overly agreeable people who end up in dangerous situations by ignoring red flags. Others may become…
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The Scapegoat’s Guide to Finding Love
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I saw love as a blurred, distant figure. It was never something close to me—just an idea, a concept, almost like a collage mostly from films, books, and music. I am a former scapegoat. In my family system, my parents chose me as the person to blame for all their…
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Maladaptive Daydreaming: How to Fight Fantasy and Win
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My client, E.E, simply could not focus on her studies She was in med school, there were expectations placed upon her, including the high fees her parents paid for the school, yet she could not, to save her life, attend classes, not to mention to get past page 5 in…