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Category Archives: General
Combat Vets, Trauma and PTSD – Part 3
Percentage of Combat Vets with Trauma and PTSD since WWII. This graphic shows the prevalence of drugs and alcohol amongst combat vets, even those seeking treatment. It also gives the percentages of combat vets with PTSD from all the wars … Continue reading
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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Tagged anxiety, combat trauma, combat vets, effects of trauma, healing from trauma, healing trauma, Peter Levine, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, somatic experiencing, trauma healing, trauma therapy, veterans
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Brainspotting for Trauma and PTSD
Exciting New Treatment For Trauma and PTSD Brainspotting is an exciting, effective new tool in the field of trauma and PTSD treatment. The following 10-minute video is of David Grand, its creator, talking about it and how it works. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OaDQqxV4Cg&feature=related … Continue reading
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Tagged brainspotting, combat trauma, effects of trauma, healing from trauma, healing trauma, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, trauma, trauma healing, trauma therapy
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Traumatic Brain Injury and PTSD
The Neuropsychiatry of TBI and PTSD The following educational, hour-long video discusses the anatomy and neuropsychiatry of TBI–Tramatic Brain Injury–as it relates to trauma and PTSD. It is rather technical but provides and excellent overview of what happens in … Continue reading
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Tagged combat trauma, PTSD, TBI, trauma, trauma healing, Traumatic Brain Injury, veterans
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Consequences of Living with Trauma or PTSD
Quick List of Consequences of Having Trauma or PTSD. Loss of Safety. Stuck Fear. Sense of “nothing is normal anymore.” Cut off from resources and good feelings. Loss of boundaries. Erratic, almost uncontrollable, reactions and feelings. Inability to bond with … Continue reading
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Shooter in Seal Beach had Untreated Trauma and PTSD
The consequences of untreated trauma and PTSD can be horrific. On Feb. 20, 2007, Scott Dekraai saw his shipmate Piper Cameron killed. She was pulling in a 2-inch thick tow line to another tugboat, when it suddenly snapped taut and … Continue reading
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Tagged combat trauma, effects of trauma, emotional trauma, healing trauma, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, trauma healing, veterans
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School Shootings: The Traumas of Bullying
The traumas of the bully and their victims both need to be addressed. In an article in the Sun Sentinel, Tony Plakas notes a 2003 study published in the American Behavioral Scientist, in which researchers observed a common theme among … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, healing from trauma, healing trauma, PTSD Treatment, trauma, trauma healing
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Brilliant Info on Anxiety, Trauma, and PTSD
Blogs and Books on Anxiety, Trauma, and PTSD from Patience Mason I came across this very impressive site by Patience Mason on Trauma and PTSD. She writes interesting blogs, coming from her experiences as the wife of a Vietnam Vet … Continue reading
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