Tag: mental-health

• Trauma Care for Seniors

  This gentle, practical guide helps seniors recognize how long-ago trauma may still be affecting sleep, mood, and health—and shows how healing is possible at any age. With simple, nonverbal, nervous-system-based tools, it offers hope, safety, and relief for older adults who don’t want to retell their story, but are ready to feel better.

  Liana West

  December 17, 2025

  Conflict, Anxiety, Pain, Trauma, Neuroscience

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• How Shopping, Sex & Substance Abuse Can Rewire Your Brain

  

  Trauma rewires your brain’s reward system, making quick fixes like substances, shopping, or sex more tempting. But fast relief is temporary and can worsen anxiety, guilt, and shame. Even marijuana, seen as harmless, can trap survivors in a cycle of anxiety. Trauma therapies help restore calm and make healthy coping feel rewarding again

  Liana West

  August 14, 2025

  Superconscious Mind

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• The Real Reason You Feel So Hopeless After Being With a Narcissist

  

  Narcissistic abuse changes how you think, feel, and see yourself. These 16 signs of narcissistic victim syndrome show the emotional and psychological toll it takes, including anxiety, hypervigilance, and loss of identity. Understanding these 16 signs can help you recognize the effects of abuse and help you rebuild trust in yourself and your relationships.

  Liana West

  August 13, 2025

  Superconscious Mind

  mental-health, narcissism, narcissist, Narcissistic Abuse, Relationships

• Why You Stay Stuck in Betrayal Trauma

  

  Your brain doesn’t move easily on after betrayal. Neuroscience shows betrayal trauma hijacks memory, focus, and your ability to feel safe. This article breaks down why your brain stays stuck and what it really needs to heal. If you’ve felt foggy, hyper-alert, or emotionally frozen after betrayal, your brain is ready to heal itself in…

  Liana West

  August 7, 2025

  Superconscious Mind

  betrayal and the brain, betrayal recovery, Betrayal Trauma, betrayal trauma symptoms, healing, mental-health, nervous system after betrayal, neuroscience and trauma, ptsd, stuck after betrayal, Trauma, trauma brain, trauma healing

• What Happens in Your Brain After Betrayal Trauma

  

  After betrayal trauma your brain’s alarm system gets stuck in the ON like Donkey Kong position, which affects memory, and ability to think clearly. Understanding these changes explains why you feel unsafe, hopeless and unable to move forward—and why calming the nervous system is key to healing.

  Liana West

  August 6, 2025

  Superconscious Mind

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• Childhood Trauma, Adult Relationships, and Destructive Entitlement

  

  Are old wounds from childhood silently sabotaging your happiness? Discover why burying your childhood crap can explode into destructive entitlement—ruining your relationships, sapping your joy, and even passing the wounds to the next generation. Learn the steps to break free and heal deeply.

  Liana West

  July 31, 2025

  Anxiety, Betrayal Trauma, Conflict, FAQs, OEI Therapy for Trauma, Relationship Trauma, Relationships, The Ex, Trauma, Workplace Trauma

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• How Narcissistic Abuse Rewires Your Brain

  

  Narcissistic abuse changes how your brain and body respond to stress, trust, and connection. If you’ve felt stuck, hypervigilant, or triggered AF, you’re not alone. This article unpacks how gaslighting, emotional cycles, and trauma bonding affect your nervous system—and why healing starts by listening to your own intuition.

  Liana West

  July 25, 2025

  Anxiety, Conflict, FAQs, Narcissist Abuse, Relationships, The Ex, Trauma

  emotional abuse symptoms, gaslighting trauma, Healing From Narcissistic Relationship, mental-health, narcissist, Narcissist Abuse, Narcissistic Abuse, narcissistic abuse cycle, narcissistic abuse recovery, narcissistic trauma, narcissistic victim syndrome, no contact narcissist, rebuilding self-trust, Relationships, signs of emotional manipulation, trauma bonding recovery, trauma-informed therapy

• Looking for Answers From Your Therapist? It Might Be Trauma

  

  Have you ever been in therapy and just want your therapist to tell you what to do? If you’ve ever felt blocked, this is a survival response. Trauma blocks access to your decision-making brain. This article explains what’s really happening and why feeling stuck in sessions is common after trauma.

  Liana West

  July 20, 2025

  Superconscious Mind

  health, mental-health, mindfulness, Neuroscience, Trauma

• Does Hypnosis REALLY Rewire Your BRAIN Like Magic?

  

  Hypnosis isn’t just relaxation—it changes how your brain processes thoughts, habits, and emotional patterns. This article explains how hypnosis helps rewire the brain for less anxiety, more focus, and long-term behavior change by working directly with the subconscious.

  Liana West

  July 18, 2025

  Anxiety, Conflict, Pain, Relationships, Success, Superconscious Mind, Trauma, Weight Issues

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• Trauma’s Surprising Effect on Motivation

  

  If you struggle to finish simple tasks or feel unmotivated, it might not be a problem with discipline. Trauma—big T, or even small t—can overwhelm the brain and make even simple to-do tasks feel impossible. This article explains how trauma affects motivation and why it’s not a character flaw, but a nervous system issue.

  Liana West

  July 17, 2025

  Anxiety, Conflict, FAQs, Neuroscience, Pain, Trauma, Weight Issues

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