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Articles on trauma, recovery, and everything in between — written from lived experience, not a textbook. New posts added regularly.

PTSD misconseptions
Brian Bell

PTSD Misconceptions

The core issue is this: PTSD is still widely misunderstood, and those misunderstandings lead society to minimize it, mislabel it, or treat it as something

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Vicarious PTSD
Brian Bell

Big T v Little T trauma

Big T v Little T Trauma Knowing the difference between Big T and Little T trauma matters because it changes how we understand our own

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I am wrong
Brian Bell

I am something wrong

“I am something wrong,” that’s not just a sentence — it’s a wound speaking. Many of those who developed childhood (CPTSD), have the feeling that

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PTSD and diet
Brian Bell

PTSD and Diet

A part of PTSD recovery that is often overlooked is one’s diet. When stressed, anxious, fearful, fatigued we tend to reach for comfort foods, highly

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How friendship reduces stress
Brian Bell

How Friendship Reduce Stress

Why do people with PTSD crave alcohol? People with PTSD often crave alcohol because alcohol temporarily reduces the intense emotional and physiological distress that PTSD

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