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Psychological trauma

Psychological trauma is lasting emotional or mental distress associated with experiences of fear, helplessness, lack of safety, or violation.

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Why labor can feel surreal

Why labor can feel surreal

Labor changes the brain’s usual frame of reference Labor is a neuro-psycho-social event: a physiological process that unfolds within a person’s nervous system, emotional world, relationships, and environment. Contractions, cervical change, fetal descent, pressure, nausea, shaking, temperature shifts, and changes in breathing create a continuous stream of intense information. At the same time, endocrine signals […]