• PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA

The Freeze Response – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-07-19T16:59:22-04:00July 19th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • SOMATIC/PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA, • VICTIM NEUROLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|

The Connection Between Psychological Betrayal Trauma and Diabetes – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-07-08T01:12:22-04:00July 8th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • SOMATIC/PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA, • VICTIM NEUROLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Betrayal Trauma, Diabetes, Psychological Betrayal Trauma|

Enduring Neurological Consequences of Psychological Betrayal Trauma – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-07-07T22:37:46-04:00July 7th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICTIM NEUROLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Betrayal Trauma, Neurological Consequences, Neurology|

Grain of Sand Theory in Complex Traumatized Scam Victim Psychology – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-07-02T18:02:13-04:00July 2nd, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Grain of Sand Theory, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Traumatized Scam Victim Psychology|

Doubling – Scam Victim Psychology – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-06-14T14:26:45-04:00June 14th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Coping Mechanism, Defense Mechanism, Doubling, Psychology of Scams, Scam Victim Psychology, Trauma|

Traumatic Event Centrality and Scam Victims – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-05-28T01:39:57-04:00May 28th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Memory, Narrative, person's identity, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, Traumatic Event Centrality|

Phobias: Pistanthrophobia and Philophobia and their Impact on Scam Victims – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-05-08T19:31:17-04:00May 8th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PHOBIAS & FEARS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Philophobia, Phobias, Pistanthrophobia, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims|

Avoidance Psychology: Scam Victim Passivity During Recovery – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-05-07T10:06:23-04:00May 7th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • AVOIDANCE PSYCHOLOGY, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ FOR ADVOCATES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Avoidance Mechanisms, Coping Mechanisms, Coping Strategies, Guilt, Passivity, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Shame|

Anomia – A Typically Temporary Neurological Disorder in Severely Traumatized Scam Victims – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-04-27T16:31:19-04:00April 27th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICTIM NEUROLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ FOR ADVOCATES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Anomia, Memory, Neurological Disorder, Scam Victims, Trauma|

Psychological Displacement and Scam Victims – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-04-26T04:40:08-04:00April 26th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Defense Mechanism, Defense Mechanisms, Neurology, Psychological Trauma, Psychology, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims, Trauma|

Tonic Immobility – A Response to Trauma or Stress and Crime Victims – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-03-08T20:48:07-05:00March 8th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • SOMATIC/PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA, • VICTIM NEUROLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: fight or flight responses, Involuntary Freeze Response, playing dead, Stress Response, thanatosis, Tonic Immobility, Trauma Response|

Trauma Response – The Human ‘Prey Animal Response System’ and Scam Victims – 2025

SCARS Research Team2025-03-04T03:18:53-05:00March 4th, 2025|Categories: • ARTICLE, • AVOIDANCE PSYCHOLOGY, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2025|Tags: Defense Mechanisms, Neurology, Prey Animal Response System, Psychology, Psychology of Scams, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims, The Mind, Trauma Responses|

Personality Traits and Past Trauma Responses – 2025

SCARS Research Team2024-12-30T11:38:26-05:00December 30th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Personality Traits, Psychological Trauma, Psychology, Schemas, Trauma Responses|

Scam Victims’ Mobilization Defense Mechanisms – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-12-30T10:06:10-05:00December 29th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Defense Mechanisms, Mobilization, Recovery, Scam Victims, Trauma|

Tyrosine and Mood Regulation for Scam Victims and Those Suffering from Psychological Trauma – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-12-27T02:40:59-05:00December 27th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICTIM NEUROLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, 2024|Tags: amino acid, Mood Regulation, Neurotransmitters, Tyrosine|

Psychology of Survival Mode and Scam Victims – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-12-18T17:12:32-05:00December 18th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Coping Mechanism, Recovery, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims, Survival Mode|

The Impact of Psychological Trauma Accumulation After Additional Significant Adult Trauma – An Overview – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-12-16T00:56:05-05:00December 16th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • COPING MECHANISMS, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Adult Trauma, Psychological Trauma, Psychology, Trauma, Trauma Accumulation|

Selective Attention and Perception Filtering in Scam Victims – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-10-22T07:52:54-04:00October 22nd, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Attentional Selection, Brain, Cognition, Mind, Neurology, Perception Filtering, Scam Victim Psychology, Scam Victims, Selective Attention|

SCARS Institute Statement About Professional Care for Scam Victims – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-10-06T19:32:15-04:00October 6th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • ASSISTANCE & SUPPORT PSYCHOLOGY, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ FOR ADVOCATES, 2024|Tags: Neuropsychology, Professional Care, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims, Trauma|

The Cause of Scam Victims’ Trauma: Losing the Belief – the Fantasy – the Delusions – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-09-19T10:22:07-04:00September 19th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Cognitive Dissonance, Delusions, Reality Check, Relationship Scams, Scam Victims|

The Onset of Psychological Trauma – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-09-15T13:12:06-04:00September 15th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • SOMATIC/PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Emotional Trauma, Neurology, Polyvagal Theory, Psychological Trauma, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Somatic Effects, Vagus Nerve|

Understanding the Polyvagal Theory and How it Applies to Scam Victims – 2024

SCARS Research Team2026-02-21T14:21:49-05:00September 10th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • SOMATIC/PHYSICAL EFFECTS OF TRAUMA, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ NEUROLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Emotional Trauma, Neurology, Polyvagal Theory, Psychological Trauma, Scam Victim Recovery Psychology, Somatic Effects, Vagus Nerve|

The Part of Trauma that can’t be Verbalized with Scam Victims – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-08-31T02:35:00-04:00August 31st, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Psychological Trauma, Psychology, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims, Trauma, Trauma Recovery|

Hate Toward Scammers and Its Impact on Recovery – Self-Assessment Test For Scam Victims – v2

SCARS Research Team2026-09-27T19:35:48-04:00August 29th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • RESEARCH STUDY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ SELF-TESTS, 2024, 2026, ASSESSMENTS, RECOVEROLOGY, UPDATED 2026|Tags: Hate, Personality Test, Recovery Progress, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims Psychology, Scammers, Self Assessment Test|

Trauma/PTSD Flashbacks Self-Assessment Test For Scam Victims – v2

SCARS Research Team2026-09-27T19:39:59-04:00August 29th, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ SELF-TESTS, 2024, 2026, ASSESSMENTS, RECOVEROLOGY, UPDATED 2026|Tags: Flashbacks, Personality Test, PTSD, Recovery Progress, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims Psychology, Self Assessment Test, Trauma|

Trauma/PTSD Flashbacks and Traumatized Scam Victims – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-08-29T21:16:39-04:00August 29th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Betrayal Trauma, Flashbacks, Psychological Trauma, PTSD, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victim Recovery, Scam Victims|

Persecutory Delusions in Scam Victims – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-08-28T02:53:02-04:00August 28th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Delusions, Fear, Persecutory Delusions, Recovery Psychology, Residual Fear, Scam Victims|

Psychological Trauma & PTSD Hallucinations – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-08-26T00:31:36-04:00August 25th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Hallucinations, Managing Trauma, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims, Shadow People, Trauma, Victim Psychology|

Key Steps in Managing Trauma – 2024

SCARS Research Team2024-08-25T00:15:15-04:00August 25th, 2024|Categories: • ARTICLE, • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ FEATURED ARTICLES, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, 2024|Tags: Managing Trauma, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims, Trauma, Victim Psychology|

Trauma Recovery Progress Self-Assessment Test For Scam Victims – v2

SCARS Research Team2026-09-27T19:42:50-04:00August 22nd, 2024|Categories: • PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA, • RECOVERY PSYCHOLOGY, • VICTIM PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ PSYCHOLOGY, ♦ SELF-TESTS, 2024, ASSESSMENTS, UPDATED 2026|Tags: Personality Test, Recovery Progress, Recovery Psychology, Scam Victims Psychology, Self Assessment Test, Trauma, Trauma Recovery|

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