Imagine: you're in the supermarket, you hear a loud noise, and suddenly you're not there anymore. Not really. In a split second, you've been catapulted back to something you'd rather forget. Your heart pounds, your hands tremble, and the people around you just see...

A flashback is a re-experiencing of a traumatic event. It feels as if you are reliving the trauma. Not as a memory of the past, but as if it were happening right now. You are briefly back in that moment, with all the accompanying emotions and physical...

Hypervigilance literally means 'excessive vigilance'. It is a state in which your nervous system is constantly in alarm mode, as if danger could be imminent at any moment, even when you are objectively safe. Your brain keeps scanning for threats, even when they...

Complex trauma often occurs after long-term or repeated drastic events. Think of child abuse, emotional neglect or a violent home situation. Unlike a one-off traumatic experience, complex trauma often has...