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Can Childhood Trauma Cause Anxiety? Yes, & Here’s Why

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Childhood lays the foundation on which the remainder of your life builds. When childhood trauma occurs, you carry those emotional scars with you into your future. Our worldview forms during childhood based on our experiences, and when your early experiences are frightful, you may be left struggling with fear. So, if you’re wondering, “Can childhood […]

What It Means When Depression And Anxiety Team Up

Guest blog post by Judy Petrushka, LCSW, SEP, CDVP   When depression and anxiety team up, you can feel stuck. For some people, the experience may be a sense of ping-ponging. That is, first they have the racing heart, racing thoughts, fear, and possibly panic attacks of anxiety. Then they experience the pervasive shut down, […]

Will PTSD Go Away Without Treatment?

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Guest blog post by Martha (Marty) Dennen, LCPC, SEP “Will PTSD go away without treatment” is an often-asked question in my office. The short answer is that with treatment PTSD symptoms can go away or greatly lessen. Unfortunately, untreated PTSD often results in more suffering, decreased functioning, and increased depression and anxiety symptoms. So, how […]

Resilience

rəˈzilyəns/ noun 1. the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. 2. the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity. Resilience is that ineffable quality that allows some people to be knocked down by life and come back stronger than ever. Rather than letting failure overcome them and drain their […]