How Therapy Can Help the Dissociation Disconnection Effect

July 22, 2025 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you sometimes find yourself feeling cut off from others and the world? Do you sometimes just find that you “space out“ for no apparent reason? Do you ever feel sometimes like you’re not completely in your body for one reason or another? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then you experience some degree of dissociation and would do well to read further.

The Movie Thunderbolts and How It Relates to Trauma Recovery

June 11, 2025 Scott Kampschaefer

Do you have trauma and feel like often that no one understands what you are going through? Do you often wish you had a support network that could help you recover from trauma in your past? If you answer yes to either of these two questions then I have some things to share with you in my review of the movie Thunderbolts and what it says about trauma recovery.

How a Digital Detox Can Support Trauma Recovery

May 6, 2025 Scott Kampschaefer

Do you sometimes find yourself engaged in doom scrolling for no apparent reason? Do you feel glued to your cell phone, computer, or other viewing screen much or most of the time? Do you feel unable to break away from watching things mindlessly on your cell phone or other electronic device? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then you may need to consider a digital detox, so I encourage you to read on!

How Journaling Can Help With Trauma

April 7, 2025 Scott Kampschaefer

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Are you someone who tends to keep thinking about the same difficult memories or experiences over and over again and can’t seem to stop it? Do these thoughts tend to almost come out of nowhere when you get stricken with them? Do you feel trapped by your negative thoughts and feelings about past experiences and can’t seem to shake them? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then I encourage you to read on to find out how journaling can possibly help you with your own trauma.

The Problem with People Pleasing and How Trauma Causes It

March 12, 2025 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you find yourself sometimes saying “yes“ when you actually mean no? Do you feel like you somehow owe it to others to give in to their demands? Do you have trouble just standing up for yourself when others seem to be angry or disappointed in you? If you answered yes to one more of these questions, then you probably have a problem with people pleasing, so please read on.

How Trauma Leads to Emotional Repression and How Therapy Can Help You Express Yourself

February 12, 2025 Scott Kampschaefer

Do you ever wonder why you tend to feel numb much or most of the time? Do you ever think that you somehow “should“ be feeling things more than you do? Do you find yourself unable to experience the joy or happiness that others seem to feel so readily? If you answered, yes to one or more of these questions, then this blog post may very well be for you!

Recognizing Trauma Responses in Every Day Life

December 30, 2024 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you sometimes find yourself having a reaction to a situation that seems out of proportion with the actual event? Do you sometimes find yourself overwhelmed with shame or self-loathing at times as well? Do you sometimes get a sense of dread that seems to come out of nowhere before having a certain experience? If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then you may be struggling with trauma responses and I encourage you to continue reading!

How to Have a 'No Shame November'

November 4, 2024 Scott Kampschaefer

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Are you someone who has experienced more than your fair share of shame in your life? Do you want to come out from underneath the cloud of this unpleasant emotion as soon as possible? If you answered yes to either of these questions, then this week’s offering is for you!

What is Trauma-Informed Care?

October 8, 2024 Scott Kampschaefer

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Have you heard the term ‘trauma-informed care,’ and wondered just what this involves? Do you have trauma and wonder if those who provide health or educational care about whether they are attentive to what’s going on with you? If so, then this blog post is a good one to read.

Trauma Dumping and 4 Ways to Cope With It

August 7, 2024 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you ever notice getting strange or unusual reactions from your friends or family when you tell them about difficult experiences you’ve had? Do you find that you get triggered when listening to friends or family talk about their difficult experiences and not know how to handle it? If you answered yes to either of these two questions, then you may be engaging in trauma dumping or may be a victim of it without knowing it - - and please read on.

How Vicarious Trauma Can Affect You

June 24, 2024 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you ever wonder why you might be feeling some degree of mental distress, anxiety, and or depression because of your relationship to a partner or friend? Do you also experience some degree of social awkwardness, generalized stress, or social isolation as a result of your interactions with this or other persons in your social sphere? If so, you may be suffering from something known as vicarious trauma.

The Long Shadow of Intergenerational Trauma

May 27, 2024 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you sometimes wonder why you feel anxious despite not having anything to feel anxious about? Do you wonder how you could be struggling so much in your adult life despite having had a “normal“ childhood? If you answered yes to either of these questions you may suffer from what is known as intergenerational trauma, so please read on.

What is the Role of the Amygdala in PTSD?

April 16, 2024 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you wonder what part of your brain gets triggered during trauma or PTSD? Do you feel like there’s some switch that gets flipped that causes you to react the way you do when you are traumatized? All evidence points to the amygdala, and being aware of the part it plays in trauma is of utmost importance.

The Impact of Victim-Blaming on Sexual Assault Survivors

February 20, 2024 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you find yourself blaming yourself if you’ve been a victim of sexual assault in the past? Did you ever experience blame from others for somehow experiencing a sexual assault? Do you walk around with a sense of shame and guilt for having gone through a sexual assault? If so, then you may suffer from victim-blaming and this week’s offering is for you.

What is the Connection Between Trauma and Anxiety?

February 7, 2024 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you find yourself sometimes feeling anxious and worried for no apparent reason? Do you have a history of childhood trauma, abuse, and/or neglect? Maybe you just didn’t feel like you could go to your parents for emotional support much or all of your childhood. If you identified positively with any of the above then there is definitely a connection between anxiety and trauma for you.

The Difficulty with Dissociation

December 26, 2023 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you ever find yourself being “zoned out“ and then realize you weren’t paying attention to what was happening or what someone was saying at any given time? Do you ever find that you seem to be taken over by some part of you that you never consciously wanted to come out? if you answered yes to either of these questions, then you do experience some degree of dissociation, and this week’s blog post is for you.

5 Things That Interfere with Feeling Grateful

December 13, 2023 Scott Kampschaefer

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Are you someone who’s sometimes had a thought “I should be grateful for that,“ but that never seems to help? Have you had to endure so much emotional strife that gratitude seems like a far-off concept? If you answered yes to either of these two questions, then this blog post is for you!

5 Physical Activities That Can Help Heal Trauma

November 25, 2023 Scott Kampschaefer

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Do you struggle with trauma and find it difficult to motivate yourself to be physically active? Do you often find yourself sitting ruminating or dwelling on past abuse or neglect and wonder why you can’t break the cycle? The answer may lie in finding physical activities that can help you engage your body to help heal your mind.

The Problem of Self-Loathing, and What To Do About It

October 24, 2023 Scott Kampschaefer

Do you ever find yourself talking to yourself harshly or berating yourself? Do you wish that you could stop this and be able to treat yourself with more kindness? If you do, then, this week's blog is just for you, so read on.

Three Signs You’re Tied Up in a Trauma Bond

July 31, 2023 Scott Kampschaefer

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If you’ve ever been a victim of abuse by a loved one, you may feel unable to break away from this individual. You may even try to tell yourself that you’re not being abused, or that it’s not even that bad. Regardless, you would do well to read this week's blog on the topic.