In the end, the toll was too much for Virginia Giuffre. “She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim of sexual abuse,” her family noted in their mourning statement. The fact that her ...

Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of rape and sexual assault. This story is part of our mental health series. Find out more here. When Karestan Koenen was working for the Peace Corps in ...

Part 3 of a three-part series. In our last post, we explored how childhood trauma adaptations, originally rooted in attempts to cope with painful early experiences, could have developed qualities and ...

Trauma is a hot topic with celebrities, and many of them are talking about their distress years after they experienced it. In her new book I Am Maria: My Reflection on Heartbreak, Healing and Finding ...

When your nervous system has been primed by trauma, you can overreact to perceived "dangers" that aren't life-threatening, ...