Can Medical Procedures Cause PTSD? Understanding Medical Trauma and the Nervous System
There’s a strange kind of loneliness that can follow a frightening medical experience. Not always dramatic. Not always obvious. Sometimes it begins quietly, after a difficult surgery, an ICU stay, a painful procedure, or even a moment where the body simply stops feeling safe. People go home, technically “treated,” but something underneath remains unsettled. Sleep […]
When Anxiety Turns Physical: How Nervous System Overload Devastates the Body
There is a moment many people with anxiety recognize instantly. The room is quiet. Nothing is obviously wrong. And yet the body feels off. Nausea. Tightness in the chest. A strange buzzing under the skin. Fatigue that arrives out of nowhere. Sometimes dizziness. Sometimes, a stomach that will not settle. It often leads to the […]