Coping with overwhelming emotions can feel confusing, especially after trauma or loss. Learning to move from avoidance to active emotional regulation helps you feel more grounded, resilient, and in control of your emotional life.
Blog tagged as Coping Skills
Triggers are reminders, sometimes obvious, sometimes subtle, that bring back feelings connected to past pain or trauma. Learning how they work and how to notice them can help us respond with greater awareness and self-compassion.
Secondary trauma happens when caring for or supporting someone else’s pain begins to weigh heavily on us. Learning how to recognize it and care for ourselves helps us remain present, compassionate, and resilient.
Grounding techniques are simple, practical tools that help bring your mind and body back to the present moment. They can be especially useful when stress, anxiety, or overwhelming emotions begin to take over.
Understanding your symptoms can be a powerful first step toward healing. This post explores how psychoeducation helps you make sense of emotional overwhelm, trauma responses, and grief-related struggles, offering clarity without clinical advice.
Feeling emotionally flat or disconnected? Emotional numbness is a common trauma response, not a personal flaw. This post explores what it is, why it happens, and how to understand it with more compassion.
