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Grey Matters Centre
PTSD (POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER)
PTSD can develop after you’ve experienced or witnessed something deeply distressing – an event that overwhelmed your sense of safety and left your mind and body struggling to make sense of what happened. Long after the event has passed, it can still feel as though it’s happening in the present – your body tense, your mind alert, your world no longer feeling safe or predictable.
You may find yourself re-living parts of the trauma through flashbacks, nightmares or sudden intense memories. You might feel detached, anxious, or on edge, unsure when the next wave of fear will come. Even small reminders – a sound, a smell, a phrase -can trigger powerful physical and emotional reactions.
PTSD is not a sign of weakness. It is a natural response to an unnatural experience – your body and mind’s way of trying to protect you after something too painful to process.
Many people seek help after searching for PTSD counselling near me, trauma therapy in Scunthorpe, or support for post-traumatic stress in North Lincolnshire-reaching out is a strong and courageous step.
Understanding What’s Happening
When trauma occurs, your body’s survival system – the fight, flight, or freeze response – activates to keep you safe. In PTSD, that system becomes stuck in overdrive, leaving your brain constantly alert for danger and your body ready to react, even when the threat has long passed.
You may notice:
These are not personal failings – they are survival responses that haven’t yet been given a chance to settle. Healing begins when those responses can finally be heard, understood and soothed.
Working Together to Heal
In therapy, our work is to help your body and mind reconnect in safety. We’ll go gently – at your pace – creating a space where you are always in control of what we explore. Together, we’ll work to reduce the intensity of your symptoms, helping your nervous system find balance again.
This might include grounding techniques to manage flashbacks, learning to regulate emotions, and exploring your story in ways that feel safe and manageable. Over time, therapy can help you make sense of what happened, reclaim your sense of self, and begin to live beyond survival.
Healing from trauma doesn’t mean forgetting – it means freeing yourself from the constant re-living of it.
There is Hope
Though it can feel impossible, recovery from PTSD is absolutely possible. With care, time, and support, many people find that their symptoms lessen, their sleep returns, and their sense of safety grows. The world can begin to feel open again – not as something to fear, but as something you can gently rejoin.
You do not need to face trauma alone. Together, we can work towards calm, strength, and reconnection – helping you rediscover the peace and safety that should have always belonged to you.
Some symptoms may include
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Our privilege
It is our mission and our privilege to support you on your journey to recovery and to reach your goals. We are confident that together we can make a difference to your world and help you to live your life the way you want to live it. Imagine what your life would be like after therapy and the difference it would make to you.
We help hundreds of people every year to be the best they can be. Please don’t suffer unnecessarily any longer, get in touch with us today and take the first step to make great things happen!
PTSD/C-PTSD is treatable and recovery is possible.
Telephone 07907613600
Email info@greymatterscentre.co.uk
We provide specialist therapy for PTSD, CPTSD, trauma symptoms, flashbacks, nightmares, and long-term emotional distress to individuals across Scunthorpe, Ashby, Bottesford, Brigg, Crowle, Messingham, Winterton, Barton-upon-Humber and the wider North Lincolnshire area.
At Grey Matters Centre we are a highly professional organisation of independent, qualified, experienced Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Scunthorpe.
