Abandonment doesn’t always come from being physically left behind. Sometimes it’s subtle—emotional neglect, inconsistency, or growing up in a home where you had to be the adult. The result? You walk ...

Trauma can look different for everyone. It can arise after being in an accident, losing a loved one, experiencing natural disasters, witnessing something traumatic happen to someone else, and many ...

Healing from trauma is a journey that takes time, understanding and sometimes, alternative methods beyond traditional therapy. One powerful and increasingly recognized method is music therapy. For ...

The internet has a new, heart-wrenching obsession: a baby Japanese macaque named Punch. Known globally as "Punch the Monkey," this seven-month-old primate from Japan’s Ichikawa City Zoo has sparked a ...

As children, we quickly sensed that keeping the peace was important to our safety. We learned that anticipating the moods or desires of those in power or making sure to take care of everyone else’s ...

Paul was 16 when he came out to his family. At first, they were mostly silent about the topic. "I thought maybe they were trying to pretend I never mentioned anything," he remembers. But on his 17th ...

The first article in a three-part series on trauma, Fergus Falls Daily Journal partners with local mental health ...