Tag: trauma healing and focus

• 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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