by Anita Kaiser | Jul 4, 2023 | Symptoms of trauma
Someone you love is dealing with the fallout of trauma and building understanding around it is the best way to be supportive as well as to understand your own inner workings. Trauma is not a cultural buzz word, it’s real and most if not all of us are carrying the... by Anita Kaiser | May 3, 2022 | Being an empath or highly sensitive person
Kim was a busy mom with two kids and a high stress job as a nurse. She was prone to angry outbursts at home. Her husband and kids often avoided her when she was in one of her “moods.” The problem was Kim was always angry. She said it was simply because her job... by Anita Kaiser | Feb 25, 2022 | Symptoms of trauma
Trauma. It’s a word that you may see being referred to a lot these days. And maybe you’re not quite sure what it actually covers. In the past, people thought of trauma as being a massive, obvious, public, life event. Perhaps something that would be newsworthy. But... by Anita Kaiser | Aug 11, 2019 | Symptoms of trauma
When Marcy was a kid, her father was an alcoholic. Sometimes, he’d get physically violent with her mother and she saw her father beat her brother a few times when he tried to intervene in the conflicts. Marcy coped with the dysfunction by trying to be the “good girl”.... by Anita Kaiser | Apr 7, 2019 | Symptoms of trauma
Trauma and loss can have a profound effect on your self-esteem. Trauma can transform even the most vibrant, out-going person into a shell of her former self. Many people are hesitant to label their experiences as traumatic because it’s not as bad as other people’s...