Trauma creates overwhelming feelings of vulnerability and helplessness that cannot be cognitively processed into a meaningful ...

This tendency is exaggerated in trauma bonds. You want to protect the abuser rather than yourself. You make excuses for the ...

Navigating romantic relationships after trauma involves understanding, patience, and self-awareness, helping people use their ...

Recent and ongoing events in the U.S. and throughout the world—unstable political leadership, natural disasters, armed ...

At a recent gathering, someone said they had “trauma bonded" with another person over the challenges of working in similar roles—not an accurate use of the word. In casual conversations ...

Trauma bonds often are a part of romantic relationships and many people find it difficult to leave these situations even if they know they are getting hurt, abused or manipulated. Trauma bonds can ...

weak social bonds can magnify it.” Researchers can’t say yet if the results are generalizable to humans. But if so, the researchers say, it suggests that early intervention isn’t the only effective ...