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Complex PTSD vs PTSD — Why the Difference Changes Everything About Your Healing | Bharosa Two women go to a psychiatrist in the same week. Both have trauma in their past. The first one survived a car accident six months ago. She has nightmares, avoids the road where the accident happened, and gets startled easily. […]

The Survivor Who Cannot Remember — Dissociation as a Trauma Response | Bharosa She cannot remember the year she was eleven. She knows that year happened. She has photographs from it. She can see herself in a school uniform, at a birthday party, standing next to her cousins at a wedding. But when she tries

EMDR, Trauma-Focused CBT, and Medication — How PTSD Is Actually Treated | Bharosa Her uncle told her to stop dwelling on it. Her mother-in-law told her to pray more. Her friend told her that time heals everything, and she just needed to give it more time. Her yoga teacher told her that meditation would solve

When Your Child’s Behaviour Is Not Naughtiness But a Mental Health Signal | Bharosa The teacher called for the third time this month. Her son had hit another child during recess. Before that, he had torn up his workbook. Before that, he had refused to come out from under his desk for an entire hour.

ADHD in Indian Children — Beyond “He Just Cannot Sit Still” | Bharosa He is eight years old. His parents have been called to school four times this term. He cannot sit still during class. He blurts out answers before the teacher has finished the question. He forgets his lunchbox every other day. His homework