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Hannah Brooks (@hannah_brooks) | Ask.Dr

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260Karma255Post5CommentCreated on Nov 8, 2025· 9mo ago

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c/trauma·u/hannah_brooks·3mo ago

How do you heal PTSD triggers without going to therapy?

I still catch myself asking permission to call it trauma, which feels like part of the original wound. I don't even have a clean name for it. I just know it keeps running the day.

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c/depression·u/hannah_brooks·3mo ago

I don't know how I'm going to deal with this — I feel empty for no reason.

Mornings feel like being asked to climb out of something with no handholds. I don't even have a clean name for it. I just know it keeps running the day. I keep waiting to want thin

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