In this article I write about the way parental anxiety, hypervigilance, and overprotection can influence the development of autonomy, self-trust, and the child’s capacity to feel safe in the world and in their own inner resources.
This article is an invitation to take a closer look at your relationship with yourself, with your own anger, and with your own aggression—not to encourage impulsive expression, but to understand what happens when we do not allow ourselves to feel it at all.
Psychoneuroimmunology investigates how psychological states, thoughts, and emotions can influence immune responses, and, conversely, how immune processes can affect mental and emotional functioning.
In trauma therapy, healing doesn’t start with revisiting the past — it starts with safety in the present. Nervous system regulation is not a superficial goal; it’s the ground that allows the psyche to explore, integrate, and transform. Without it, even the most profound insights cannot take root.
