“Trauma is now treated as a personal possession: something to be owned, narrated, and curated by the individual,” writes Katherine Rowland in The Guardian, in an article aptly titled “They’re selling ...

A civilian employee at a New Jersey military base falsely reported an active shooter so she could "trauma bond" with her coworkers, according to officials. Here's what to know and what it means.

Shame is not a side effect of trauma. It often shapes how survivors see themselves, hide their pain, and struggle to heal.

We often hear the phrase “trauma informed care” in health and education, but what does it actually look like beyond the ...

These days, it seems like trauma talk is everywhere you turn. Looking back, signs of an approaching wave were there. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that public conversation about religious ...

Almost everyone has experienced a toxic relationship at some point in their life — whether with a romantic partner, a family member or even a friend. Trauma-bonded relationships fall under this ...

The Coulombe Family Tower at Maine Medical Center in Portland, pictured in August. (Gregory Rec/Staff Photographer) Ambulance crews are taught to take a patient to the nearest hospital in an emergency ...

Dom Byrne is a freelance radio and podcast producer based in Brighton, UK. Rana Dajani studies epigenetics of trauma in vulnerable communities around the world. A molecular biologist based at the ...

It is human to want to connect with others. And sometimes, if you’ve had a particularly rough day (or week, or year), it can be freeing to bond with someone by sharing deep secrets or your troubled ...

Poverty isn’t just about a lack of money. In fact the word poverty comes from the old French word poverté , which refers to a wretched state. It’s characterized by persistent instability that can ...