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Can Old Trauma Cause Chronic Illness Years Later? What the Research Shows

Can Old Trauma Cause Chronic Illness Years Later? What the Research Shows

This piece looks at what a long line of research — the CDC-Kaiser Adverse Childhood Experiences work and its follow-ups — has documented about how trauma continues to affect the body decades after the events themselves ended, and what the honest picture of healing looks like.

LissnUp Editorial Team
July 22, 20255 min read
What's My Attachment Style? Why You Act the Way You Do in Relationships

What's My Attachment Style? Why You Act the Way You Do in Relationships

This piece looks at what attachment theory actually says about the patterns you notice in your own relationships — the pulling away, the reassurance-seeking, the fear of getting close. Four styles, where they come from, and what the research says about whether they can shift.

LissnUp Editorial Team
July 20, 20255 min read
Why You React Like a Scared Kid at 35: Childhood Trauma in Adult Life

Why You React Like a Scared Kid at 35: Childhood Trauma in Adult Life

You have a full life. You've done real work on yourself. And still, a certain tone in someone's voice can drop you back into feeling six years old. This piece is for the adult you are now trying to make sense of the child you were — how early experiences reshape adult reactions, why healing is possible, and where to start when the patterns feel bigger than you.

LissnUp Editorial Team
July 19, 20254 min read