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Monthly Archives: June 2011
Knowing the Signs of Trauma and PTSD
How can you tell if you suffer from Trauma or PTSD? We all have upsetting events, stresses, and worries that affect us for a short period of time. Some of the reactions we have to those upsets may match some … Continue reading
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Tagged healing trauma, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, trauma, veterans
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“The best part of life is not just surviving, but thriving with passion and compassion and humor and style and generosity and kindness.” Maya Angelou
June 10, 2011
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Sleep, PTSD, and Trauma
The Effects of Trauma and PTSD on Sleep— and what to do about it–is the focus of the following article from the National Center for PTSD. Sleeplessness is one symptom of trauma and PTSD. Although the article gives good suggestions … Continue reading
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Tagged car accident, car accidents, combat trauma, combat vets, effects of trauma, emotiional trauma, fatigue, healing pain, healing trauma, insomnia, pain, Peter Levine, PTSD, SE, sleeplessness, somatic experiencing, trauma, trauma healing, trauma therapy, veterans
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How the Brain Creates Trauma and PTSD
Trauma is a Threat to Life in a State of Helplessness Trauma is a real or a perceived life threat in a state of helplessness. This triggers a series of message systems in the limbic or mammalian brain that allow … Continue reading
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Tagged combat trauma, combat vets, effects of trauma, emotiional trauma, healing pain, healing trauma, Peter Levine, PTSD, SE, somatic experiencing, trauma, trauma healing, trauma therapy, veterans
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