Why Am I So Sensitive to Other People’s Moods?
What some people might call oversensitivity is often a highly trained form of awareness, a defense learned in response to vulnerability in childhood. You may have learned through experience to…
Is there Another Way to View Symptoms?
Many experiences that feel like symptoms can also be understood as survival strategies. Dissociation, perfectionism, and people-pleasing often began as ways to stay safe in overwhelming or unsafe situations. These…
Q&A Directory for Why Trauma Responses Develop
Can Humor Be a Trauma Response? Is there Another Way to View Symptoms? What Are Trauma Survival Strategies? Why Am I So Sensitive to Other People’s Moods? Why Do I…
Why Trauma Responses Develop
Why Trauma Responses Develop: How They Once Functioned as Survival Strategies Many people wonder why they developed trauma responses such as people-pleasing, hypervigilance, shutdown, or dissociation. Many trauma responses can…