Trauma Articles

Sociopath?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, December 13th, 2012
I was subjected to repeated abuse and trauma from age 2 until about 5. I've had several other traumatic experiences both physical and mental since then. In school I never fit in with others (fighting, manipulation, terrorize) finding them to be mindless robots that have ...
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Can’t Figure Out What’s Wrong with Me

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
I'm 19, I don't know what's wrong with me. I almost always avoid social situations, or any situation where I feel like I won't have a way to leave if I start feeling overwhelmed. I don't feel comfortable being around more than one person at ...
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Postpartum Loss of Libido

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, November 15th, 2012
I completely lost the desire to have sex after having my first baby 2 years ago. My sex drive never returned. Ever since I had a baby, I have not wanted to have sex at all. Just the thought of it would be a complete ...
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Life Doesn’t Seem Worth Living

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, November 14th, 2012
Hi, I'm only 15 years old, and I just want to give up. Every day I force myself to mask my emotions and act fun. All I want to do is just disappear. Criticism kills me inside yet I act like I dont give a ...
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Dad Abuses Mom

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, November 11th, 2012
So my dad is abusive to my mother and me. He's thrown things at my mom and spit on her. He's dumped hot coffee and food on her. I want her to leave him. She is so close to getting a promotion in her work ...
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Post-Surgery Depression

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, November 8th, 2012
Hi, I just had Jaw arthroplasty surgery 11 days ago. Lately I’ve been crying everyday and just been sad a lot. I’ve been insecure about the scar I have now and the part of my hair the doctor had to shave, it’s under my hair ...
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Nightmares

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
I've been having nightmares for two years now... At first it was the same two over and over every night for about a month. Then I wrote it down and one of them stop but now I just get new ones. At first, I thought ...
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[Video] Is My Friend Really Suicidal or Just Seeking Attention?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Saturday, October 20th, 2012
I have a friend with severe problems. She's 16, she is at distance from me. She has claimed to have tried suicide many times, sometimes even talking about committing suicide while I was talking to her. A friend posed the possibility that the suicide attempts ...
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Scared to Share My Feelings

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, October 16th, 2012
I started seeing my therapist because I was emotionally numb for more than half of my life. I was actually referred to see a trauma therapist by another therapist because she said this feeling was from being physically,verbally, and sexually abused throughout my childhood. Anyway, the ...
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People Have Made Fun of me my Whole Life

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, October 15th, 2012
When I was 8 I was a shy kid I didn't speak much. In my school was a lot of brave kids I didn't feel well there. Every break they were loud while I was sitting alone. Teacher told few times that I'm other than ...
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[Video] How Do I Hold My Abuser Accountable?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Sunday, October 14th, 2012
From the time I was 8-12 I was sexually abused as well as my brother who is 4 years younger than I am . As I am getting older I am learning the thread of lies that I was told from my family regarding the ...
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PTSD & Don’t Know What to Do

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, October 11th, 2012
I have been on multiple deployments, recipient of the Purple Heart in combat. I have been diagnosed with PTSD and not on any drugs of any kind because I don't want to be. The Army doctors are only interested in giving me drugs ...
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