Fight, Flight, Freeze, Fawn: The Four Trauma Responses
Fight, flight, freeze, and fawn are the four automatic ways a nervous system tries to keep you safe. None of them is a choice. This guide explains what each response is, what sets it running, why it outlasts the danger, and when it is worth talking to a clinician.
Panic Attack vs. Anxiety Attack: How to Tell the Difference
A panic attack peaks within about 10 minutes and involves four or more of 13 recognized symptoms. An anxiety attack is not a formal diagnosis at all. This guide walks through onset, intensity, triggers, and diagnostic status so you can describe what you experienced accurately, and know when to seek care.
6 Options for Treatment-Resistant Depression When Medication Isn’t Enough
Two antidepressants that did not work is a checkpoint in a treatment plan, not a verdict on whether depression can be treated. This guide walks through six options a clinician works through next, from rechecking the diagnosis to raising the intensity of care, and names which ones Redefine does not provide.
Adult ADHD or Burnout? How to Tell the Difference
Adult ADHD and burnout can look identical from the inside: no focus, no follow-through, no energy left over. They separate on when the pattern started, whether real rest changes it, and how many parts of your life it touches. Here is how clinicians tell them apart, and what to do with either answer.
When Benzodiazepines Stop Working: Recognizing Dependence
If a benzodiazepine that once calmed your anxiety feels like it is doing less, that shift has a name. Learn the common signs of benzodiazepine dependence, from rising tolerance to rebound anxiety and withdrawal between doses, why they happen, and the safe way to talk with a professional about next steps.
Anger Isn’t the Problem: Understanding Emotional Dysregulation
Anger is usually the part you can see. Underneath it is a nervous system that reacts faster than thought. Learn what drives emotional dysregulation and how it gets treated.
Cocaine and Depression: Why They Feed Each Other
Cocaine and depression run in both directions: each high’s crash deepens the low, and the low drives the next use. A clinical look at the cycle and how to treat both at once.
Postpartum Anxiety vs. the Baby Blues: How to Tell
How to tell postpartum anxiety from the baby blues, what the two-week mark really means, and when postpartum anxiety treatment is the next step.
BPD vs Bipolar II: Telling Them Apart
Borderline personality disorder and bipolar II can look almost identical, but they differ in how mood shifts behave and in how each is treated. How clinicians tell them apart, why the distinction changes the treatment plan, and what happens when both are present.
Why Brainspotting Works When Talk Therapy Stalls
When weekly talk therapy stops helping stuck trauma, brainspotting may reach what words can’t. Here’s how it works and who it helps.