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Carrying the Past: Navigating Complex Trauma and Effective Treatments That Can Help
Complex trauma, also called Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD), develops as a result of ongoing, repeated experiences of trauma, commonly perpetrated by caregivers, parents, trusted adults, or intimate partners, and most often takes place during vital stages of development.
Cognitive Dissonance in Addiction Recovery
You know it’s not a good idea, but you still do it. It goes against what you know is true, but you still act on
Understanding Illness Anxiety Disorder
This is illness anxiety disorder, sometimes called health anxiety or hypochondriasis. It’s a real mental health conditioning with intense worry about having or developing a serious illness, even when symptoms are mild or medical evaluations do not show any problems. Unfortunately, the distress can be bad enough to affect work, relationships, sleep, and daily life.
People-Pleasing and the Fawn Response in Trauma
The fawn response, a term coined by therapist Pete Walker, is a trauma survival mechanism where individuals instinctively seek to please others to reduce perceived danger, especially social or relational threats.
When Grief Becomes Complicated and Healing Is Possible
When grief becomes persistent, intense, and begins to interfere with everyday functioning, it may be a sign of complicated grief, also known as prolonged grief disorder, which may indicate the individual could benefit from some form of bereavement support to help them process the loss.
What You’re Avoiding is Running the Show
Avoidance can look like control and independence. It can also look like strength. But if we’re honest, avoidance shrinks our lives around structuring our days around what we don’t want to feel.
High-Functioning Alcohol Use and Hidden Dependence
At Camino Recovery, we often treat clients who never imagined they would need help with alcohol. Some are high-performing professionals, parents, entrepreneurs, and even caregivers – people who have built full, meaningful lives and carry significant responsibilities. However, underneath the mask of stability, alcohol gradually becomes a silent coping mechanism that becomes harder and harder to manage over time.
Cognitive Dissonance in Addiction and Recovery
You’re driving home, promising yourself this is the last time. You wake up the next morning and think, I can’t keep doing this. Then a
Why Some Relationships Improve in Recovery
When someone starts recovery, everyone around them is affected. The change simply cannot stay hidden. It alters conversations, habits, and expectations. Sometimes it strengthens connection, but sometimes it exposes how much of that connection relied on old coping patterns.
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