The Stress Response Cycle

The Stress Response Cycle

Let’s talk about closing open browser tabs. Every time we encounter something stressful, we begin a stress response cycle. We open a new tab in our brain’s browser, and it has to go through a few processes before we can close it. If it doesn’t go through these...

Vicarious Trauma & Trauma Work

Vicarious Trauma & Trauma Work

This post may contain some non specific descriptions of trauma. If a primary trauma is one you experience yourself, a secondary, or vicarious trauma happens when you're exposed to the trauma of other people. This is especially common among trauma workers. When we...