by Kathryn | Jun 17, 2025 | Motherhood, PTSD, Reproductive Mental Health
A new study published in May 2024 in the Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology caught my attention—mostly because it confirms something I see all the time in therapy: childbirth can be traumatic, and the emotional impact on moms is often overlooked or...
by Eeva Edds | Sep 18, 2024 | PTSD
What is rumination? Rumination is the single most toxic mental process. It involves repetitive, negative thinking about the self, others, past of future events. It can also take the form of comparing self to others, reviewing memories, or trying to problem-solve...
by Eeva Edds | Oct 31, 2023 | OCD, PTSD, Trauma
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder impacts about 1.2% of the population in the US annually. 3.5% of the US population is affected by PTSD every year. Many people living with OCD have experienced trauma in their lives and research has shown that OCD is much more prevalent...
by Kathryn | Oct 4, 2017 | Trauma, Anxiety, PTSD, Stress
I would like to start this blog post with one statement. However you are reacting to this recent tragedy, whatever you’re thinking or feeling, is completely normal. There is not a right way to feel or think. It is with a heavy heart that I even have to write this...
by Kathryn | Oct 26, 2016 | PTSD, Trauma
We’ve all heard the term, hindsight is 20/20. Looking back, it’s so easy to see it all clearly: decisions, events, actions and how they all played out. Many survivors of trauma spend much of their time stuck, focused on the minute details of the decisions that they...
by Kathryn | Aug 25, 2016 | PTSD, Trauma
In my second post in my series about trauma, I discuss how powerful the realization (and validation) of realizing you have post-traumatic stress disorder (or symptoms of PTSD) can free a person from a lifelong assumption that this is just who they are. To view my...
