The phrase has been used online to describe connections built through shared suffering, but experts say that’s all wrong.

One glimpse of social media can feel like peering into a monetized confessional booth. “A Flat Place: Moving Through Empty Landscapes, Naming Complex Trauma,” by literary scholar Noreen Masud, offers ...

In health care and education, being “trauma-informed” has become a popular aspiration. As leaders, providers, educators, and individuals, to be "trauma-informed" is to recognize the pervasiveness of ...

According to many therapists and mental health professionals, sometimes trauma isn't derived from one-time, extreme life events like a tragic tornado, a school shooting or a car crash. Many people ...

Many adults grew up in dysfunctional homes without realizing how much it impacted them. Learn why family trauma is hard to ...

Researchers have found that lifelong physical activity may moderate the structural brain changes linked to adverse childhood ...

When a child is seriously injured, every second matters. For families, those moments are filled with fear, uncertainty, and urgent decisions. For ...

Trauma is an experience so harrowing that it can alter our gene expression — and in some cases, these changes can be passed down to future generations. But if the traumas experienced by our parents, ...

Key Takeaways Functional freeze is when someone goes into autopilot as a response to chronic stress and trauma. Unlike other trauma responses, someone in functional freeze can appear completely normal ...

Following the recent big announcement of Ascension St. John obtaining Level 1 Trauma Center status, we wanted to talk about what this means for first responders caring for you before you even get to ...

Trauma is an experience so harrowing that it can alter our gene expression — and in some cases, these changes can be passed down to future generations. But if the traumas experienced by our parents, ...