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TERMS TO KNOW

 

Terms related to abuse, exploitation, trauma, related mental health issues, treatment modalities and more and their definitions. We believe that obtaining a proper understanding of these terms could be life-saving. If you think you have been affected by any one of these issues, we encourage you to reach out and seek the help of a qualified and competent mental health professional (see our Approved Therapist Network) or call one of the Crisis Hotlines.

 

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  • abuse of power

  • addictions

  • adult child of an alcoholic

  • alcoholism

  • amnesia

  • amygdala

  • anger management

  • anorexia

  • antisocial personality disorder

  • anxiety

  • assault

  • at risk

  • attachment disorder

  • avoidance

  • battered woman syndrome

  • battery

  • behavioral problems

  • betrayal

  • betrayal bond

  • binge drinking

  • bipolar disorder

  • birth trauma

  • body image

  • body dysmorphic disorder

  • body memories

  • borderline personality disorder (BPD)

  • boundaries

  • brainwashing

  • bullying

  • campus assault

  • captivity

  • carnal abuse

  • child abuse

  • clergy abuse

  • codependency

  • coercion

  • cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

  • cognitive dissonance

  • cognitive distortion

  • collective/societal trauma

  • combat stress reaction

  • comorbidity

  • compartmentalization

  • Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD)

  • complicated grief

  • control

  • crime

  • cults

  • cyber bullying

  • cyber stalking

  • cycle of abuse

  • daycare abuse

  • deception

  • defamation

  • denial

  • depression

  • Developmental Trauma Disorder (DTD)

  • Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

  • dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)

  • discrimination

  • disease

  • disordered eating

  • dissociative identity disorder (DID)

  • dissociation

  • distress

  • domestic abuse

  • domestic violence

  • dominance

  • drug abuse

  • drug addiction

  • eating disorders

  • equine assisted therapy

  • false imprisonment

  • family violence

  • fear

  • fight or flight response

  • financial abuse

  • forced labor

  • foster care

  • fraud

  • free will

  • gang

  • gang violence

  • gaslighting

  • gender equality

  • gender based violence

  • generalized anxiety disorder (GAD)

  • government abuse

  • grandiosity

  • grief

  • grooming

  • guilt

  • hate crime

  • harassment

  • high control group

  • homelessness

  • honeymoon phase

  • human rights

  • human trafficking

  • hyperarousal

  • hypervigilance

  • hypnosis

  • hypoarousal

  • immigration spouse abuse

  • incest

  • institutional abuse

  • integration

  • internalized abuser

  • interpersonal trauma

  • intimacy

  • isolation

  • elder abuse

  • emotional abuse

  • enmeshment

  • exploitation

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • kidnapping

  • learned helplessness

  • legal abuse

  • legal abuse syndrome

  • libel

  • love addiction

  • love bombing

  • maltreatment

  • manipulation

  • marginalization

  • masochism

  • meditation

  • mental abuse

  • mental health

  • mental health problems

  • mental illness

  • menticide

  • military sexual trauma

  • mind control

  • mindfulness

  • misdiagnosis

  • missing persons

  • mistreatment

  • modern-day slavery

  • molestation

  • multigenerational abuse

  • narcissistic abuse

  • narcissism

  • neglect

  • neocortex

  • neurosis

  • night terrors

  • NLP (Neuro-linguistic programming)

  • nursing home abuse

  • one-on-one cultic relationship

  • oppression

  • panic attack

  • panic disorder

  • parental alienation syndrome

  • pedophilia

  • personality disorders

  • phobia

  • physical abuse

  • play therapy

  • police brutality

  • Post partum depression

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • prejudice

  • prison abuse

  • prisoner of war

  • projection

  • Psychiatric Abuse

  • psychodrama

  • Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES)

  • psychological abuse

  • psychopathy

  • psychosis

  • psychosomatic disorders and illnesses

  • rage

  • rape

  • rape culture

  • recovery

  • regulation

  • relational trauma

  • repression

  • ​re-victimization

  • ritual abuse

  • sadism

  • self-care

  • ​self-harm

  • self-parenting

  • self-sabotage

  • sensorimotor psychotherapy

  • sadomasochism

  • sex addiction

  • sexual anorexia

  • sex trafficking

  • sexual abuse

  • Sexual anorexia 

  • sexual assault

  • shell shock

  • silent treatment

  • slander

  • sociopathy

  • Somatization disorder

  • somatic experiencing 

  • spiritual abuse

  • stalking

  • statutory rape

  • stigma

  • Stockholm syndrome

  • street harassment

  • submission

  • substance abuse

  • suicidality

  • suicide

  • system abuse

  • taboo

  • therapist abuse

  • thought reform

  • torture

  • toxic relationships

  • toxic shame

  • trauma blocking

  • trauma bonding

  • trauma denial

  • trauma deprivation

  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

  • (trauma) Imprint

  • trauma numbing

  • trauma reaction

  • trauma repetition

  • trauma sensitive yoga

  • traumatic stress

  • undue influence

  • verbal abuse

  • vertigo

  • victim blaming

  • violation

  • violence

  • witnessing abuse

  • witnessing addictions

  • workplace abuse

  • yoga therapy

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