Inside the World of Trauma

Two people can survive the same terrifying event, yet only one may later develop post-traumatic stress disorder. Why? PTSD is not determined simply by how frightening an experience was, but by a complicated interaction among biology, previous...

Avoiding painful memories can feel like the most sensible response to trauma: if thinking about it hurts, why think about it? But avoidance can produce immediate relief while unintentionally teaching the brain that the memory itself remains dangerous....

2018 randomized trial found that playing Tetris in the emergency department shortly after a car accident cut intrusive memories by about 62 percent in the following week. The approach uses the game’s visuospatial demands to compete with how the brain...

Carlos talks with Dr. David Grand, the developer of Brainspotting, about how specific eye positions can access and help process unresolved trauma stored in the brain and body. The conversation covers the theory behind the technique, how it differs...

When facing absolute despair, how does the human mind process severe physical and emotional trauma? Renowned survivor Aron Ralston shares an intimate look into the psychological warfare of being trapped for five days and the radical acceptance...