When trauma strikes, your brain isn’t asking for your opinion—it’s doing its best to keep you alive. Understanding the ...

Emotional wounds from past experiences might seem confined to your mental landscape, but medical research increasingly confirms what many health practitioners have long suspected: the burden of ...

Trauma bonding is a psychological phenomenon where individuals form intense emotional attachments to those who cause them harm. These bonds create destructive cycles that often leave people trapped in ...

Engaging in artistic creation and passively enjoying art both provide mental health benefits for trauma survivors.

New research reveals that astrocytes — not neurons — are responsible for stabilizing emotional memories by re-engaging during recall.

TBI triggers both primary mechanical damage and delayed secondary injuries like inflammation and neurodegeneration. Cognitive effects may include memory loss, mood swings, and impaired social judgment ...

A study of emerging adults who experienced a breakup (dissolution of a romantic relationship) as a traumatic event found heightened reactivity in the hippocampus and amygdala when participants were ...

What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain circuit that gives pain its emotional punch—essentially transforming ...

Child maltreatment, which includes abuse and neglect, is one of the most serious public health concerns worldwide. These adversities leave a lasting impact on the emotional well-being, memory, and ...

Britney Spears is once again peeling back the curtain on one of the most painful chapters of her life. In a recent Instagram ...