When past experiences or wounds impact your daily life, it can be hard to relax, trust, or feel fully present. It feels like your nervous system is always scanning for something: danger, disappointment, disconnection. You might be the one everyone leans on, but underneath, there's tension that doesn’t go away. You overthink things, stay busy to avoid feelings, or struggle to let your guard down with people you care about.
These are often protective strategies your nervous system developed in response to overwhelming or confusing experiences. That’s trauma, not always something big or obvious, but something that made you feel unsafe, unseen, or alone in a moment when you really needed support.
Trauma therapy is a space to understand those patterns, reconnect with yourself, and feel more at ease in your life and relationships.
Understanding Trauma Through a New Lens
Trauma isn’t just about what happened, it’s about how your body responded when something overwhelmed your ability to cope. Sometimes trauma comes from a single, identifiable event. Other times, it stems from ongoing experiences like emotional neglect, growing up in a chaotic or critical household, or having to be the strong one in your family. Trauma doesn’t always leave obvious scars, but it commonly looks like:
- Being constantly on edge or emotionally shut down
- Difficulty trusting others or yourself
- Trouble sleeping or feeling truly rested
- Feeling like you have to stay busy to avoid your emotions
- Deep self-doubt or persistent shame
- Struggles with boundaries, people-pleasing, or perfectionism
- Emotional overreactions that don’t make sense to you, or emotional numbness
- Feeling disconnected from others, your body, or your own needs
When unresolved past hurts show up in these ways, it doesn’t mean you’re broken or a failure. It’s your body’s way of trying to protect you and letting you know that you need support.