When you think of a trauma flashback, you likely picture a cinematic scene: images flashing, a character freezing in place. For many trauma survivors, however, the most common and confusing flashbacks aren’t things they can see – they are things they feel. Sometimes when we recall memories, we can remember facial expressions and what our surroundings looked like. There are many instances, though, that give us a very different experience in recalling a memory.   What Somatic F

Noticing the C in front of the PTSD acronym (which stands for posttraumatic stress disorder) may seem like a minor difference at a first glance. C-PTSD is not separately identified as distinct from PTSD in our current diagnostic manuals. Clinical psychologists and therapists alike are still debating whether it needs to be, and whether or not a separate treatment is necessary. While I understand the efforts to avoid making things too convoluted in our DSM, I do believe from my