Tag Archives: Peter Levine

Is PTSD Common?

PTSD can happen to you if you have ever been through a trauma. Trauma is a stressful event that happened to you, or you saw it happen to someone else, that was shocking and scary. Usually, you had no control … Continue reading

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Washing Away the Trauma of Birth

Just being born is a trauma for a baby as it leaves the warm, moist comfort of the womb and enters the glaring lights and abrasive sounds of a new world. This video shows how a newborn’s raw nervous system … Continue reading

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What Stress Does in the Body

How Stress and Trauma Cause Autoimmune Illnesses Book Review: The Missing “First Domino” In Autoimmune Conditions: Nervous System Dysregulation This eBook by Dr. Lori A. Parker is an excellent resource for understanding how the body reacts to stress. She uses … Continue reading

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Beyond Sandy Hook: How Somatic Experiencing Can Help Us Heal

What Happens During Trauma? This follow blog was sent to me by THE SETI STAFF on FEBRUARY 12, 2013. I was given permission to share it with you below. The horrific events at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, … Continue reading

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Preventing Early Childhood Medical Trauma

How Early Childhood Medical Traumas Can be Helped and Prevented. If you have ever been hospitalized as a child, had one of your own children undergo medical treatment, or know of a child who will undergo medical procedures, this video … Continue reading

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Dr. Bob Scaer on the Nature of Trauma

In this excellent 46-minute video, Twig Wheeler interviews the neurologist Dr. Bob Scaer  about just what trauma and PTSD is and how it affects one’s body and life. This is discussed in a way that is easily understandable and concise. … Continue reading

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Combat Vets, Trauma and PTSD – Part 5

Military Suggests How to Prevent and Treat Trauma and PTSD   The  graphic to the side comes from the Military Health Matters website. I give a wholehearted endorsement to the suggestions in the balloons that tell you how you can … Continue reading

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Trauma in Individuals and Families

A Model of Trauma . . . and how it applies to the individual and families. The mechanisms of trauma and PTSD have been detailed over the past 30 years with the improvements in neural imaging. Less, however, is known … Continue reading

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No PTSD? OtherTypes of Traumas

Besides PTSD, there are other types of Trauma. Most people don’t believe they have trauma and therefore don’t seek help for it no matter how much damage it exacts on them and their families. But trauma isn’t necessarily systemic like … Continue reading

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Trauma Linked to ADHD

Peter Levine, the founder of Somatic Experiencing®, talks about ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and Trauma in this 5-minute video. ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) has become a very popular subject in the media over the last decade with more … Continue reading

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