The difference between someone’s personality and their trauma coping and survival strategies is often misunderstood, leading to increasingly pernicious misjudgments about individuals’ character, ...

When crisis strikes someone you care about, knowing how to help can feel impossible. Here's what actually matters in the ...

Out-of-body experiences – where people feel like spirits disconnected from their physical form – may be a coping mechanism triggered by trauma or other overwhelming stress, new University of Virginia ...

Public violence and recent tragedy, including the deaths of Charlie Kirk and Iryna Zarutska, have left many shaken by what they have seen. For witnesses, whether seeing the event in person or on a ...

WASHINGTON — In times of tragedy, we lean on one another. Our community is mourning the devastating loss of 67 lives after a heartbreaking midair collision between an American Airlines jet and an Army ...

These traumatic experiences can leave caregivers with what the National Center for PTSD calls a stress injury. Stress injuries can result in no longer feeling like one’s normal self, stronger emotions ...

I slowly opened my eyes to see two women bent down, looking at me with concern. I’d collapsed in an alley after drinking myself into oblivion and was now lying with my bodily fluids. I could’ve been ...

UNDER CONTROL. WELL, FRIDAY STORM WAS TRAUMATIC FOR ALL OF US, BUT ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN. THEY PRACTICE SAFETY DRILLS AT SCHOOL EVERY YEAR, BUT MOST HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE REAL THING. KETV ...