Here are some signs you may benefit from therapy:

• You experience effects of trauma such as:

  • Nightmares, particularly involving a central event, theme, or person.

  • You find yourself being hypervigilant, meaning you are extra sensitive to your surroundings, and feel fearful of potential or hidden dangers.

  • You sometimes feel like you are back in a certain situation - you lose your present surroundings and can now see, hear, and smell everything that was present at the time of a traumatic experience.

  • You avoid certain places, people, or situations due to your painful experience with them.

• You feel alone, like no one understands you. Maybe you even feel like you must be “crazy” sometimes.

• You feel helpless, hopeless, or worthless.

  If you are experiencing thoughts of harming yourself or someone else, please call 988 or 911. More information here.

• You experience panic attacks: these can feel like random periods of intense fear, which usually coincides with your heart beating faster, feeling as though you can’t get a deep breath, and feeling either very cold or very hot.

• You feel concerned that you are repeating certain patterns in your life that are not resulting in your desired outcome, however, you can’t seem to find a way to do things differently no matter how hard you have tried.

• You’re struggling to adjust to a new situation, even if that new situation is a wonderful thing (such as a new baby, marriage, or job).