Find a Healing Step That Works for You
If you’re beginning the process of moving beyond your traumatic experience and through your PTSD, it is important to treat the whole process with patience and gentleness. Especially in the beginning stages of your journey, there is a… Read More
Employee Rights and PTSD
As PTSD comes to the forefront of the American attention, the issue of working it into employee rights also gains momentum. Securing rights for those with visible, physical disabilities has been relatively straightforward. Wheelchair ramps, new technology to… Read More
Rewiring the Brain to Buffer Social Pain
As humans, we are inherently social creatures. Consequently we feel pain when we experience exclusion in social situations. For the most part we have just learned to deal with it and accept it as part of life. But… Read More
Accessing the Split Self
Dissociation is not an uncommon reaction to traumas in life, and separating oneself from a traumatic event provides a form of psychological buffer and protection from emotional pain. This manifests itself in almost a “split self,” with an… Read More
Change Your Negativity for Better Healing
It can be so easy to get into negative thought patterns, but that kind of negativity will pull you down and make it harder for you to grow and develop as a person. After a traumatic incident, you… Read More
Mindfulness Meditation to Create a Healthy Brain
Stress has such a significant impact on one’s general health and well-being that there are many new research studies dedicated to impacting stress levels. In a new study by researchers at the Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine,… Read More
Lessons from a Mugging
After an event so jarring as a mugging, it can be difficult to regain your comfort in the world and see any light in the situation. But in fact, there are many lessons to be gained from such… Read More
How to Use a Positivity Journal to Gain Life Perspective
While journaling is an excellent habit to get into for channeling your thoughts and feelings, you may find that simply getting these things down on paper isn’t enough to relieve your anxieties about your day. A new exercise… Read More
Can Empathy Change the Brain’s Response to Pain?
The human brain is a miraculous machine, one which we still have so much to learn about. How the brain processes pain is a particularly interesting topic, especially for those who are trying to manage pain in any… Read More
Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma, or Burnout?
The Dalai Lama said, “In dealing with those who are undergoing great suffering, if you feel “burnout” setting in it is best, for the sake of everyone, to withdraw and restore yourself. The point is to have a… Read More
