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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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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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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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Help Healing PTSD with Somatic Experiencing and Mindfulness
Somatic Experiencing, which was developed by Peter Levine, can vanquish PTSD symptoms such as depression, nightmares, panic attacks, aggressive outbursts, and hyperarousal. The primary way of doing this is by increasing the ability of sufferers to track their body sensations, … Continue reading
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Trauma and Memory
We humans have two very different forms of memory. One is conscious and what we would consider as normal memories–stories and historical recollections that seem to be arranged sequentially in time. This is called explicit memory. The other form is … Continue reading
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Tagged combat trauma, emotiional trauma, fatigue, healing pain, healing trauma, pain, PTSD, SE, sleeplessness, somatic experiencing, trauma, veterans
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How to Deal with a Trauma: 7 Steps to Take After a Car Accident
Minor car accidents are one of the many little traumas we encounter in life. What may seem minor at the time, however, can become something major if the effects of the trauma are ignored. We can deal with these traumas … Continue reading
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Pronking, Trauma, and Soaring Again
Pronking is a behavior seen in nature, where an animal will repeatedly jump high and bound around as if in joy or ecstasy. There is such energy and enthusiasm in its leaps, it almost seems to be trying to leap … Continue reading
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