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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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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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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 4
Combat Vets Receiving Treatment for Trauma and PTSD Check out the graphic on the left. It shows how many combat vets suffering trauma and PTSD don’t receive treatment and the main reasons why. After going through so much, it is … 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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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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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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Tagged anxiety, emotional trauma, family constellations, healing trauma, Peter Levine, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, SE, somatic experiencing, trauma therapy
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Emergency Personnel: Trauma and PTSD
Just seeing Horror and Gore Causes Trauma Seeing horrific scenes and gore is a category of trauma that affects so many first responders such as EMT’s, policemen, and firefighters, many of whom suffer from trauma and PTSD. (They’ll probably deny … Continue reading
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Tagged anxiety, effects of trauma, fatigue, healing from trauma, healing trauma, insomnia, PTSD, PTSD Treatment, somatic experiencing, trauma therapy
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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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Freezing in Trauma and PTSD
The Freeze Response is one of the hallmarks of trauma and PTSD. This response evolved as a means of survival in a predatory world. The following video demonstrates the survival benefits of the freeze response in nature. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibnJeCtwsP4&feature=player_embedded In a … Continue reading
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