When a child walks through the door early from the park, shaking so hard their teeth chatter, every parent's brain jumps to the worst-case scenario. The body is screaming that something is wrong, but ...

Most people think of people-pleasing as a harmless habit, but fawning is something entirely different — a trauma response so overlooked and misunderstood that most people don’t even realize they’re ...

A video of a therapist discussing the psychological impulse to move away and start fresh as a "trauma response" went viral on TikTok. The video, posted by @lostgirltherapist, described as an ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. When you grow up in unpredictable environments or experience something ...