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Author Archives: L. Kessler
Falls and Trauma
How a Fall Can Cause Trauma It’s obvious that a fall from a ladder or down a flight of stairs can have serious consequences physically. But what about the more subtle effects they may have years later on the mind … Continue reading
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Tagged effects of trauma, emotional trauma, healing from trauma, healing trauma, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, somatic experiencing, trauma, trauma healing, trauma therapy
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Battle Neurosis and PTSD–“Let There Be Light”
A John Huston Film on WWII Vets Recovering From PTSD While serving with the U.S. Army Photographic Unit during World War II, John Huston made three documentaries. In 1945, he filmed “Let There Be Light,” the third and final one … Continue reading
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Tagged combat trauma, combat vets, effects of trauma, emotional trauma, healing trauma, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, real warriors, trauma healing, trauma therapy, veterans
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Finding the Source of Stress and Trauma
How You Can Pinpoint the Causes of Stress in Your Life and Eliminate Them. Quite often, we think stress comes from what is going on around us. But more often than not, current feelings of stress are the same feelings … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, PTSD, sleeplessness, somatic experiencing, stress, trauma
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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
Independance Day for Vets with Stress and Trauma
Vets Share Their Stress After Coming Home As you watch this short video, remember that trauma and PTSD is treatable. The suffering these brave men and women still go through is totally unnecessary. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlLl4SI_Ydc&feature=player_embedded Notice that many of the vets … 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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Tagged anxiety, effects of trauma, emotional trauma, healing from trauma, healing trauma, Peter Levine, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, SE, somatic experiencing, stress, trauma, trauma healing
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Somatic Experiencing of Trauma and PTSD
Energy and the Body in Trauma and PTSD In this 6-minute video, Peter Levine (the creator of Somatic Experiencing) explains how trauma traps an enormous amount of energy in the body, energy caused by an overwhelming event that remains in … Continue reading
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How You Develop Trauma and PTSD
Developing and Coping with Trauma Life is pretty much predictable and you usually have a sense that you are in control. Sometimes life is exciting, and you feel on top of the world as adrenaline courses through your veins. But … Continue reading
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Combat Vets, Trauma and PTSD-Part 1
Who Will Have Trauma and Get PTSD? This is the 1st of 5 blogs that will show graphics on various aspects of trauma and PTSD. Although the data in these graphics are geared towards trauma and PTSD in the military, … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, combat trauma, combat vets, effects of trauma, emotional trauma, healing from trauma, healing trauma, insomnia, pain, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, real warriors, somatic experiencing, stress, trauma, trauma healing, trauma therapy, veterans
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Combat Vets, Trauma and PTSD – Part 2
What is Trauma and PTSD? This graphic shows who is more likely to develop PTSD from trauma. Although the symptoms of trauma and PTSD are the same, it is considered a trauma for the first 30 days. If the symptoms … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, car accident, combat trauma, combat vets, effects of trauma, emotional trauma, healing from trauma, healing trauma, insomnia, pain, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, somatic experiencing, trauma, trauma healing, trauma therapy, veterans
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