What Is Medical Trauma? Understanding Medical PTSD
You walk out of the appointment, and your body is still tense. Heart racing, hands cold, some part of you convinced that something terrible is about to happen. Even though you made it to the parking lot, it feels like you can’t calm down. You tell yourself to relax....
What Is Dissociation? Medical Trauma & Chronic Pain
Navigating pain and feeling disconnected from your body? Discover how EMDR Therapy for Medical Trauma at Cheerful Heart helps restore the mind-body connection. You know that feeling when someone asks, “How’s your body doing?” and you genuinely have no idea how to...
How Medical Gaslighting Causes Medical Trauma in BIPOC Women of Faith
You know the drill. You’ve been rehearsing your symptoms in the car on the way to the appointment. You’ve trimmed the details, chosen your words carefully, decided which parts of your pain feel “credible” enough to say out loud. You sit in that...

