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Childhood Trauma


Understanding Trauma Survival Responses: Why Your Body Responded the Way It Did
One of the hardest things many trauma survivors carry is the question, “Why did I respond like that?” I hear this so often in the therapy room.
Yolanda Strydom
Apr 7


When Closeness Feels Complicated: How Childhood Shapes Our Relationships
So much of the way we love as adults began long before we were old enough to notice it. The way we reach for people, the way we pull back, the way we try to manage our needs quietly, so we don’t feel like a burden.
Yolanda Strydom
Nov 18, 2025
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