The attempt to escape from pain, is what creates more pain.

For when you feel as though your emotions have more control over you than you have over them.

• ADHD symptoms; ADHD paralysis
• Anger management
• Anxiety
• Burn out 
• Depression
• Dissociation
• Emotional Outbursts
• Fear
• General feeling of unease
• Irritability
• Overthinking
• Panic Attacks
• Sleep Disturbances
• Stress
• Suicidal Ideation

For when you feel you are constantly reliving the past, or so removed from what happened that they have gaps in your memory, or when you have unexplained outbursts to seemingly neutral situations.

• Abuse (Domestic Violence, Emotional, Financial, Neglect, Physical, Psychological, Sexual)
• Betrayal Trauma
• Bullying
• Divorce
• Grief/Bereavement
• Sexual Assault
• Unmet needs in childhood (lack of parental attunement,  unstable/chaotic environment, harsh parenting, lack of attention, not feeling heard, seen, or understood, lack of safety)

For when you feel isolated, alone, and disconnected from others. For when people feel unsafe but you long for a secure attachment.

• Betrayal
• Commuication struggles
• Difficulty attuning to others
• Difficulty empathizing
• Difficulty forming secure attachments
• Domestic Violence/Abuse
• Inability to perspective take
• Infidelity
• Emotional outbursts
• Lack of intimacy/depth
• Lack of understanding

For when your role as a parent feels all-consuming.

• Loss of identity
• Life transitions
• Misattunement
• Discipline
• Challenging behaviours
• Emotional outbursts