Some women describe it as being tired and wired at the same time. Others say they feel like a phone stuck at 3% battery, or like their body is bracing…
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The Signs No One Sees She meets her deadlines. The kids get to school on time. She remembers birthdays, answers texts, and shows up to the dinner with a smile….
You have finally found a program that fits: women-only, trauma-focused, the right level of care. Then you learn it is not in your insurance plan’s network. For many women, the…
For many women, substance use doesn’t begin as addiction. It begins as survival. When anxiety is constant and nothing quiets it. When sleep becomes impossible because the nights are full…
Not all trauma looks the same. When most people hear the word trauma, they picture a single catastrophic event—a car accident, a natural disaster, an assault. But for millions of…
Trauma doesn’t just live in memories. It lives in the body, in the nervous system, in the way a woman flinches at a certain tone of voice or goes completely…
One of the greatest misconceptions I see in mental health is the belief that people come to treatment because something is fundamentally wrong with them. They’ll say things like, “I’m…
Women with a history of trauma, mental illness, and substance abuse need extra tools for dealing with being triggered. Being triggered isn’t just uncomfortable, but potentially dangerous, putting us at…
There is an established link between depression and addiction. Depression is a side effect of all substance abuse, so during certain stages of recovery from substances, depression will need to…
There is a growing need for dual diagnosis anxiety treatment for women. In this post, your friends over here at Villa Kali Ma explore the connection between anxiety and addiction…