Jaimie L Lusk Psy.D., ABPP

Chronic pain and PTSD can shrink your world, but you are not powerless.

What your brain does under threat—and what healing looks like. Trauma hijacks the brain’s survival systems, shutting down higher-order thinking. Freezing and dissociation are survival strategies, not failures. PTSD disrupts the brain’s ability to “turn off” the alarm. Evidence-based PTSD treatments restore the brains ability to modulate the threat response. Have you ever questioned why you—or someone close to you—froze, went numb, or seemed to shut down in the midst of trauma ? Maybe you’ve...