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Why Healing Was Never About Forgetting A memory caught me off guard recently. Not because I’d been thinking about it. Not because some anniversary had rolled around. It just showed up. That’s how trauma works sometimes. You’re driving down the road, sitting on the porch, folding laundry, or watching a movie with your family when something surfaces without permission. A face. A smell. A conversation. A call you wish had ended differently. And if you’re anything like most of us

Why So Many First Responders Mistake Survival for Stability by: Ci Rodriguez | Trauma Squatch There’s a difference between being high functioning and being regulated, and a lot of first responders spend years believing those two things are the same. They are not. Most people in this profession are trained to operate under pressure long before they are ever taught how to come back down from it. You learn tactics, policies, procedures, command presence, scene control, and how t

First responders work under immense pressure, often facing traumatic situations that can deeply affect their mental and emotional health....

In our fast-paced world, it's no surprise that emotional challenges can feel overwhelming. The aftermath of traumatic experiences or the...