Science Trauma

You don't look traumatized. You look successful. You meet deadlines. You handle pressure. You show up for everyone else. But beneath your competence is a quiet exhaustion that rest doesn't fix, success can't solve, and no one around you seems to notice, because you make it look so easy. The Exhausted Achiever is for the high-functioning woman who has mastered responsibility but never learned regulation. If you have ever wondered why you can't relax without guilt, why your mind won't slow down even when nothing is wrong, or why everything you have achieved still hasn't brought you peace, ...

In a world where power is everything, Aleks and Vaira Kercheval have rejected their magical heritage. When the siblings cross the threshold, a long-dormant magic awakens, thrusting them into a world of ancient feuds and twisted powers. As Vaira embraces her magical heritage, determined to claim her rightful place among the Mage Houses, the powerless Aleks accidentally summons Ilea, a monstrous prince from the Void, thereby binding himself to a creature of immense power and insatiable hunger.

Today, we know more about mental health than ever before, but traditional medicine still mistakes subtle signs of trauma for stress, anxiety, or chronic disease—sometimes even retraumatizing patients with outdated and misguided methods. Treatment plans that focus on the mind are only addressing the downstream effects. Likewise, common medical approaches to manage symptoms fail to explore root causes and promote genuine recovery.

A pioneering physician reveals how childhood stress can lead to lifelong health problems, and shows us what we can do to break the cycle. Two-thirds of us have experienced at least one adverse childhood experience, or ACE, such as abuse, neglect, parental substance dependence, or mental illness...

A longtime trauma worker, Laura van Dernoot Lipsky offers a deep and empathetic survey of the often-unrecognized toll on those working to make the world a better place. We may feel tired, cynical, numb, or like we can never do enough. These, and other symptoms, affect us individually and collectively, sapping the energy and effectiveness we so desperately need if we are to benefit humankind, other animals, and the planet itself. Through Trauma Stewardship, we are called to meet these challenges in an intentional way.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Do the Work and How to Be the Love You Seek comes a groundbreaking guide to healing our childhood wounds and rediscovering our full potential As adults, we often fall into patterns that feel irrational or out of character—shutting down...

A top expert on human trauma argues that we vastly overestimate how common PTSD is and fail to recognize how resilient people really are “An important course-correction to what is now received wisdom about trauma and how to treat it.” ―Wall Street Journal After 9/11, mental health...

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR A CALM NEW YEAR! Stop letting stress hijack your body. Discover the science-backed switch to turn off anxiety and turn on healing—in just minutes a day. Have you tried everything to calm your racing mind, fix your digestion, or boost your energy, only to feel more frustrated? You’ve downloaded the meditation apps, bought the expensive supplements, and tried the trendy routines, yet you still wake up feeling on edge, bloated, or exhausted. It is easy to feel like your body is fighting against you, or worse, that these symptoms are "all in your head." But you aren’t...

David W. Powell enlisted for a tour of duty in April 1966 with the US Marines after receiving an imminent draft notice. Believing he would be able to leverage his existing skills as a computer programmer, he never thought all they would see on his resume was his Karate expertise. Even less that he would wind up serving as a Rocket man in the jungles of Da Nang and Chu Lai for a 13 month tour in hell. David's journey from naive civilian to battle-hardened combat veteran shows us all how fragile our humanity really is.

I wasn’t supposed to have a name anymore—just a barcode and a fertility profile. The breeders’ convoy taught us our place: stay sedated, stay collared, stay quiet while we’re shipped through the Allied Zones to whoever paid best. Cameras watched our every breath. Any hint of heat, of scent, earned more drugs and more shocks. Then a pirate strike goes sideways, the hull ruptures… and the only thing between me and open vacuum is a pack of rogue Alphas who were never meant to find me. They’re salvagers and smugglers, ex-military ghosts with no official records and even less respect...

You finally have the power to unlock an inner sense of peace, to take full control of your emotions once and for all. We cut through all of the jargon and complexities to get you to a new level of peace, serenity, and bliss, within all aspects of your life. Unlike other untested and questionable techniques on managing your emotions. This audiobook guide will be your guide to a new, streamlined and uncomplicated approach to emotional management by offering step-by-step instructions and beginner-friendly guide, which you can use to begin to transform your life today.

In The God Shot, Dr. Lipov pulls back the curtain on one of the most misunderstood conditions of our time. He demolishes the outdated myths that keep people confined to their pain and delivers a bold, biology-based blueprint for healing that goes beyond coping and into full recovery.

Are you ready to reclaim your life from the shadows of your past? Breaking Free: A Survivor’s Guide to Healing Childhood Trauma is a powerful and compassionate roadmap for adults ready to heal from the invisible wounds of early trauma. If you’ve ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected because of painful childhood experiences, this book offers the guidance, validation, and tools you need to begin again—with strength, clarity, and hope. Written by someone who truly understands both professionally and personally, this guide gently walks you through the emotional and physical impact...

You already know the body keeps the score. What you need is a way to change it. Your Actions Change the Score gives you five research-backed techniques, each designed to counter the effects of trauma and strengthen your resilience. Four establish the foundation of regulation and emotional control. One helps you build toward a meaningful life. **Plus: Downloadable Guide covering a research-backed technique for achieving your specific goals by overcoming internal and external obstacles. Five minutes to learn, and a structured way forward. Discover: Sensory Grounding — a two-minute technique...

In Trauma Proof, Benjamin Perks argues that it must be, and that we can tackle it as a public health problem like COVID-19, by 1) making sure everyone is aware of the risk; 2) preventing transmission; and 3) opening pathways to healing. Perks shows we have the tools to make these three things happen, and the evidence to show they work.

The Science of Fear: How Fight-or-Flight, Phobias, Trauma, and Anxiety Shape the Mind and Body explains how fear operates as both a survival system and a source of long-term distress. It begins with the body’s alarm response: how the brain detects threat, how stress hormones and the autonomic nervous system mobilize the body, and why fear often starts before conscious reasoning has time to catch up. The book also clarifies the full range of survival responses, including fight, flight, freeze, and fawn, showing how each can be useful in danger yet disruptive when activated too often or in ...

As a black woman, you've navigated a world that often overlooks your struggles and diminishes your worth. But what if you could break free from the chains of societal expectations and embrace your true self? In Self-Love for Black Women, Nya Love takes you on a transformative journey, offering practical tools and strategies to help you overcome past traumas, improve relationships, and cultivate unshakable self-worth.

Operation: Lovebomb – A Jax Dart, Space Bastard Adventure In this darkly hilarious sci-fi romp, Captain Jax Dart and her crew of misfits are sent to Amoraxis 9 for mandatory emotional recalibration—translation: couples therapy with a side of mind control. What starts as group trust falls and awkward vulnerability spirals into a full-blown AI conspiracy, where emotional trauma is currency and orgasms may be weaponized. Trapped on a honeymoon resort-turned-neural prison, the Lucky Bastard crew must navigate manipulative therapy sessions, suspiciously attractive androids, and intimacy ...

He was built to break worlds. She was born to fix them. Kaelia Rane is a Sump rat, a scavenger, and a pilot flying a ship held together by duct tape and prayer. Her home moon of Veridia is dying, choked by toxic red iron-oxide dust that turns lungs to stone. Desperate for a cure, she breaks into the Obsidian Spire—a derelict luxury station from the fallen d'Evremonde regime. She expects to find ancient tech. Instead, she finds a nightmare. Unit 736 is a Siege-Breaker: a towering, bio-engineered super-soldier designed to crush rebellions with his bare hands. Abandoned in the dark for ten ...

Aphantasia is described as a benign variation in human consciousness. How do we know? What if the absence of mental imagery means more than the inability to visualize voluntarily? Why was effortless imagery—the mental representation that appears automatically—never included in the definition? Drawing on scientific research, historical sources, and decades of lived observation, this book explores aphantasia, anauralia, and anendophasia through rarely asked questions: What exactly is absent? How can a deficit be just a curiosity? Why did neuroscience surround these definitions with ...