Our family has been through a really traumatic year and we're all walking on eggshells around each other because everyone's stress tolerance is shot, but we don't know how to be together without someone getting triggered.
More people experience this than they realize.
Shared trauma has left multiple family members in states of hypervigilance, creating a household where everyone's survival responses are constantly activated by each other's presence.
“Where Are You with Stress and the nervous system?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.