May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and there’s no better time to embrace it than during addiction treatment. Substance use disorder is often viewed as simply a matter of drug or alcohol abuse, but it’s inherently tied to mental health. A trauma therapy program can help address the root causes of addiction. Nearly half of…
There might be a time when you are put in extremely scary, stressful, and possibly dangerous situations. It can be so traumatizing that those memories stick with you for a long time, or even forever. It can feel like you are no longer safe or can no longer trust people. This can result in severe…
Many people have suffered through traumatic events in their lives. Whether this trauma occurred over many years or in a single event, there is an all too common connection between trauma and addiction. Trauma can cause severe psychological and physical reactions in people and, for some individuals, the pain is extreme enough to push them…
Sadly, there is a proven connection between addiction and childhood trauma. The traumatic events experienced in your childhood can and often do follow you into adulthood and create a series of mental health issues that may also cause you to self-medicate through excessive drinking or drug use. If you or someone you love is struggling…
Trauma is our psychological and emotional response to a profoundly distressing event or experience, such as when you lose a loved one or have a serious accident. It also encompasses extreme experiences that are mentally damaging, such as combat experience and impacts of substance abuse. Knowing how damaging trauma is, let’s find ways to overcome…