A note from TWLOHA on gun violence
We're not meant to remain in this state of chronic shock. And yet, here we are.
Topic: trauma
When Safety Feels Like a Privilege
Your friends at school start to text you: Are you safe? Are you breathing OK? Are you hidden?
Torching the Gaslight
My fight or flight response has been active for so long that stillness often feels agonizing.
The Spiral Staircase
Though I have known these feelings most of my almost 52 years of life, I have only recently felt unable to manage them. Healing from trauma is so far from being linear.
Fight, Flight… or Freeze?
While most people have heard of the “fight or flight response,” many haven’t heard of the third automatic response: freezing.
The Holiday Season Doesn’t Equate to Just One Feeling
We’re taught and encouraged to feel and honor a single emotion when the holiday season is upon us.
Identifying Trauma and Its Ties to Adoption
You’re allowed to love the family you have while still facing pain, anger, and even guilt over how they became your family.
Can You Be Both?
I’ve never liked the word “victim.” I’ve also never liked the word “survivor” for that matter. But I’m both.
20 Years Later: For The Ones We Miss
The events of September 11th sparked grief, a sudden loss of innocence, and unprecedented collective emotional trauma.
Healing in Humility
Healing rarely comes in the form we expect or desire.
Hurting and Healing in the Church
Maybe you need counseling or relationships or medication. Maybe you need all of these things combined.
Mental Health & Motherhood
It took me years to recognize that my struggles with mental and emotional health were not marks against me as a mother.
