Post traumatic stress can occur after a person experiences or witnesses a distressing or life-threatening event. It can follow incidents such as an accident, assault, natural disaster or combat exposure. While some people recover naturally, others continue to experience flashbacks, anxiety, and emotional numbness long after the event. When these…...
PTSD and Relationships: Navigating Connection and Communication
Living with PTSD affects more than just the individual. It touches the lives of partners, families, friends, and colleagues. Relationships can feel strained when trauma symptoms interfere with communication, trust, and emotional closeness. But with understanding and practical strategies, connection is still possible. How PTSD Impacts Relationships PTSD often brings…...
PTSD and Physical Health: Understanding the Mind-Body Connection
When we think of PTSD, the focus is often on emotional or psychological symptoms. But trauma also affects the body. From sleep problems to chronic pain, the physical impacts of PTSD are real and can affect long-term health. Understanding this mind-body connection is vital for holistic recovery. How Trauma Affects…...
Sustainable PTSD Recovery Strategies: Building Long-Term Resilience
Recovery from PTSD is not a one-time event, but a journey that requires ongoing support, patience, and sustainable strategies. Quick fixes may bring temporary relief, but long-term resilience comes from practices and resources that support healing over time. Why Sustainability Matters in PTSD Recovery Symptoms of PTSD can shift throughout…...
Meditation and Mindfulness for PTSD Recovery
Not all healing comes from medication or counselling alone. For many people living with PTSD, meditation and mindfulness provide gentle, practical tools to calm the nervous system and bring a sense of stability back into everyday life. Why Meditation and Mindfulness Matter PTSD often keeps the body on high alert.…...
Nature as Therapy: Using Outdoor Healing to Support PTSD Recovery
Not all recovery happens in a clinic. For some people living with PTSD, healing begins under open skies, beside the ocean, or in the stillness of a forest. Nature-based therapy, sometimes called eco-therapy, is a gentle, accessible way to support recovery from trauma. In Australia and New Zealand, where nature…...
Community Resilience: PTSD Support in Rural & Farm Communities
Isolation, long hours, and natural disasters can make life in rural and farming communities uniquely tough. When trauma enters the picture, it doesn’t always look the same as it does in cities. It rarely gets the same support. PTSD in rural Australia and New Zealand often goes unseen. The pressure…...
How PTSD Affects Sleep – and What Can Help
Post-traumatic stress doesn’t just affect your waking hours. For many people across Australia and New Zealand, sleep becomes one more casualty of trauma. If you’re tossing, turning, or dreading bedtime altogether, you’re not alone. At FearLess, we support people living with the consequences of post-traumatic stress. Here’s why sleep can…...
How to Help Without Burning Out: Self-Care for Post-Traumatic Stress Caregivers
Helping someone with post-traumatic stress is a big job, and it can wear you thin. We’re FearLess, a charity backing people living with post-traumatic stress—and their families—so no one’s left running on empty. Here’s how to stay strong without breaking, because you’re in this fight too. Post-traumatic stress hits hard,…...
