East Haven sits right on the coast, working-class in the best sense — people here know how to take care of each other, and they don't make a lot of noise about what they're carrying. But carrying things quietly has a cost. PTSD from assault, from years inside a relationship that hurt you, from violence you witnessed or survived — it doesn't resolve on its own just because you don't talk about it. It lives in your body. It changes how you respond to things that feel threatening, how you sleep, how much of yourself you're able to give to the people and the life you still have. You deserve care that meets the reality of what you've been through — not a lecture about resilience, not a waitlist, not a provider who makes you explain yourself. Sindhia Shyras, APRN is a board-certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner with nine years of experience in trauma-informed psychiatric care. She sees East Haven residents via telehealth anywhere in Connecticut and in-person in New Britain.
If you were hurt by someone you trusted — a partner, someone who said they loved you — the damage is specific. You don't just walk away from that and move on. You carry a hyperawareness into the next relationship, into friendships, into interactions with strangers. You're reading subtext all the time. A raised voice, a certain tone, a door closing too hard — your body responds before your mind has a chance to think it through. And often there's a layer of complicated feeling underneath the fear: something that looks like self-blame even when you know, rationally, that none of it was your fault. Sindhia doesn't require you to be past that. She meets you where you actually are, and she helps you understand what PTSD is doing in your nervous system so you can start to separate what's real from what the trauma taught you to expect.
Assault leaves a particular kind of mark. The event itself may have lasted minutes. The aftermath can last years — avoidance of certain places, people, times of day. Difficulty being touched, even by people you want to be close to. A sense of your own body as something that was violated and never quite given back to you. These aren't signs that you're broken. They're signs that your nervous system is doing exactly what trauma does to a nervous system. The good news — and there is good news — is that PTSD responds to treatment. SSRIs are a first-line option. Some people find that medication reduces the intensity of everything enough that they can actually engage in healing work that felt impossible before. Sindhia can walk you through what the options look like and let you decide what you want to try.
For a lot of survivors, leaving home to see a provider — a new office, a waiting room, an unfamiliar building — creates its own anxiety. Telehealth removes that barrier entirely. You can meet with Sindhia from your own space, on a device you already have. The appointment is private, secure, and just as thorough as if you came in. If you'd rather be in person, the New Britain office is accessible from East Haven. But if the idea of telehealth means you'll actually make the appointment instead of finding a reason not to — then telehealth is the right choice.
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