Ask Amber: Overcoming Trauma

Ask Amber: Overcoming Trauma

How do you deal with triggers that keep bringing trauma back when you thought you dealt with it years ago? How do you stop reliving the nightmare?

Trump is gone. Biden was inaugurated. So why don’t I feel better?

Trump is gone. Biden was inaugurated. So why don’t I feel better?

This morning, as I watched the inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, I kept waiting for the anxiety of the last four years to dissipate. This anxiety was only amplified during the last year because of the pandemic and then multiplied on January 6. I wanted to feel relief, happiness and hope, and while I did, to a point, the anxiety and grief I’ve been carrying were all still very present, with a new sense of… unsettled weirdness.

But, that’s what the residual emotion of trauma feels like.