Category: cultural trauma

Why Arab & Middle Eastern Women Struggle to Relax — Trauma, Cultural Pressure & the Nervous System

Many Arab and Middle Eastern women struggle to relax — even when life appears stable, successful, and objectively “fine.” From the outside, everything may look in place. You may be educated, independent, capable, responsible. You show up for your family, your work, your friendships. You manage. You achieve. You endure. And yet your body rarely […]