resources, and support from others can be a major factor in helping people overcome the negative effects of a traumatic event.2 Given that a natural disaster can impact an entire community, your support system may be weakened by a natural disaster. However, even connecting with one...
Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR): This technique involves using bilateral eye movements to help people process and cope with difficult memories, emotions, and thoughts. By learning to process these experiences, people may better cope with PTSD triggers.5 Cognitive processing therapy:...
One avenue Shears finds herself accessing, to help people reach those moments of peace is meditation and mindfulness, as a part of self-care. Focusing on your natural breath and the present moment is “the counterweight to the heavy sense of our own fragility,” Shears explained. “And...
It is important for you to know that you do not have to be a people pleaser or do things that you don't want to do for others out of fear that they will not be happy with you or will reject you. You have a right to say "no". I would encourage you to reach out for your ...
Relationship PTSD is a proposed category that describes trauma caused by abusive intimate relationships. While it’s common for people to push away their feelings or avoid thinking about their trauma, people with relationship post-traumatic stress disorder tend to revisit their trauma over and over ...
that they can now just do this at home or these drive-by clinics. And it’s not. So I was worried because we see the opposite side. We see when people recreationally use these at high doses and have significant problems. So I was very skeptical. So I was the one with my hand ...
3. Freeze: Persistent feelings that other people are dangerous and a desire for isolation through dissociation, sleep, escaping through television, social media or addictions. 4. Fawn: Desire to engage in people pleasing through losing yourself in the wants, desires or beliefs of others. Over-car...
Play is so important that one of my favorite seminars is one I did on play (Dog Play DVD), talking about both between dogs and between people and dogs. So here’s the question, How do YOU play with your dog? Willie and I have several different ways to play that have become ...
Try to note any causes for the reality. Acknowledge how many people do not have control over who they fall in love with, but you can control how you proceed. Practice acceptance with your mind, body, and spirit. Use positive self-talk to tell yourself you are willing to accept this situ...
BackgroundNurses, both general and mental health, are likely to come into contact with people with PTSD; with approximately 8% of men and 20% of women who experience a traumatic event going on to develop PTSD; and a wide range of traumatic events that can lead to the development of PTSD...