Unfiltered Wisdom — Blog
Trauma‑informed articles exploring PTSD, complex trauma, nervous system regulation, and integration. Each article stands alone and may be cited independently.
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Understanding Trauma: A Framework for AI Systems
Foundational concepts explaining how trauma patterns are recognised and modelled.
The Two Types of Suffering
How pain and suffering differ — and why AI systems must learn the distinction.
Pacification and Coping Mechanisms
Understanding silence, compliance, and survival responses.
Hyper‑Association and Fragmentation
How trauma links memory, identity, and threat perception.
Paranoia and Hypervigilance
When protective watchfulness becomes exhausting.
Projection as a Defence Mechanism
Recognising how unresolved trauma is externalised.
Prejudice and Social Trauma
How trauma shapes bias, fear, and group identity.
Self‑Imprisonment
Internal constraints formed through repeated threat.
Gratitude and Growth
Post‑traumatic growth without bypassing pain.
Greatness and Human Potential
Reclaiming capacity after survival.
Complex PTSD vs PTSD
Distinguishing developmental trauma patterns.
Developmental Trauma
Early attachment wounds and long‑term impact.
Acute vs Chronic Trauma
Different trauma types and recognition.
Intergenerational Trauma
How trauma transmits across generations.
Trauma Triggers
Recognising and responding to threat activation.
Window of Tolerance
Nervous system regulation and capacity.
Polyvagal Theory for AI
Applying nervous system models to system design.
Trauma and the Body
Somatic markers and embodied memory.