March 1st is Self-Injury Awareness Day. Self-injury is when a person purposefully harms themselves as a means of coping. It is not the same as attempting suicide. People self-harm because they have a hard time regulating, expressing or understanding emotions. The mix of emotions that…

ways you are progressing, big and small, and I am so proud of you Dear little me. I am sorry you did not get attention for the good things you did. But I see all the ways you are progressing, big and small, and I…

If you have been through trauma, you may feel permanently broken, and like a lost cause. But feelings are not facts, and just because you feel like a lost cause does not mean that you are one. I truly believe that where there is life,…

PSTD stands for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Many symptoms that eventually lead to a diagnosis of PTSD are common in the first month after a traumatic event. It is if they persist longer than that month, and they cause a disruption to a person’s normal functioning…

2/19 quote “Trauma decontextualized in a person looks like personality. Trauma decontextualized in a family looks like family traits. Trauma decontextualized in people looks like culture.” Resmaa Menakem is an author, anti-racist educator, somatic therapist. He is the author of My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma…

2/16 pic Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. As James Baldwin said, “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.” This is…