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Trauma, Dissociation, and Learning to Feel Safe Again

What happens when a coping mechanism that once helped you survive starts pulling you away from the life you're trying to live now? In Episode 8 of The Good Love with Steph & Jonah, a listener's question about trauma-related dissociation opens a much larger conversation about healing. Steph and Jonah talk about grounding, therapy, nervous-system responses, self-compassion and why trying to force yourself to "snap out of it" may miss what the frightened part of you actually needs. Then the conversation becomes personal. Jonah reflects on what it was like growing up with a mother carrying severe…

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