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Whether you're trying to understand how trauma affects the brain, exploring EMDR Therapy, or deciding whether EMDR Intensive Therapy may be right for you, these evidence-informed trauma recovery articles are designed to help you make informed decisions about healing from trauma, anxiety, insomnia, and depression.
How to Calm Your Nervous System After Trauma
Many people believe trauma only affects someone immediately after a frightening or overwhelming experience.
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Why Do I Keep Feeling Anxious and Overwhelmed After Trauma?
Why do I keep feeling anxious and overwhelmed after trauma? If you've been asking yourself this question, you're not alone. Many people living with the effects of trauma wonder why they continue to feel anxious and overwhelmed, even when they know they are safe. Learn why your brain and nervous system may still respond as though danger is present, what keeps these symptoms going. Learn why these feelings can continue long after the traumatic experience is over, and how healing is possible.
Is EMDR Right for Me? How to Know if EMDR Therapy May Help Trauma and PTSD
Do you understand what happened to you but still feel emotionally stuck? Do you wonder why you can't relax, why you're always anxious, or why part of you still feels like it's living in the past?
EMDR therapy was developed to help the brain process experiences that remain emotionally and physiologically unresolved. Learn who may benefit from EMDR, common signs trauma may still be affecting the brain and nervous system, and whether EMDR may be right for you.