Dorsal collapse can leave us feeling exhausted, disconnected and unable to engage with life. Understanding this nervous system shutdown response can help us recognise why it happens and how to gently move back towards connection.
Addicted to Chaos : Why We Struggle With Peace
We say we want peace, yet when life finally becomes stable we can find ourselves restless, bored or searching for intensity. When chaos has become familiar, the nervous system can mistake activation for aliveness and predictability for emptiness.
Relentless Hope: When We Refuse to Let Go
Sometimes hope keeps us alive. Other times, it keeps us waiting. Relentless hope describes our refusal to surrender a person, relationship or imagined future because accepting reality would mean grieving what we never received.
Weaponised Trauma: When Pain Becomes Control
Unprocessed trauma doesn’t just live inside us; it can be turned outward, into control, avoidance, or even performance. This piece explores the hidden ways pain becomes power, and how we begin to heal without letting trauma lead.