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- Depression Message Board - by Submitted on May 22, 2012 from Rosemary PriceDepression message board.. The statistics say that 25% of us get this awful illness at some time of our life, if we do not then we get seriously affected by it. It may be that your partner has it and this affects you very much too. Most only have it temporarily in a mild form but those who have ...
Views: 26(1 vote) - How To Relieve The Stress Of Moving House - by Submitted on May 21, 2012 from Roseanna LeatonMoving house is always a stressful situation to find oneself in. It becomes even more stressful if the home that you are about to leave is one that you have built or lived in for many years. To part with your family home can feel like cutting away a large chunk of your past. The act of ...
Views: 18 - Mentally Preparing for a Disaster - by Submitted on May 15, 2012 from Cade LennoxThere is a lot of emotional and mental stress when an actual disaster happens. It can be really easy to lose all that composure and coolness when the world is falling apart and people are rioting on the streets or dying. It is a whole different story when talking about a disaster as opposed ...
Views: 33 - April is #SAAM: Sexual Assault Awareness Month - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2012 from Barb MaibergerApril has been designated as 2012 Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center. The issues of sexual assault, is a national issue and profoundly impacts everyone’s community. The purpose of SAAM is to help people become more aware of sexual violence in ...
Views: 57 - Sexual Healing Begins with Accessing Emotions - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2012 from Amrita Grace -I have been through my own arduous journey of sexual healing, and now my passion is to assist you on yours. Having made a full recovery from childhood sexual abuse and adult sexual addiction, my life's work is now helping others do the same. While I acknowledge that the journey is never really ...
Views: 133 - HEALING HEARTS - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2012 from Ken ThomRecently, I got into the car to make a quick trip to the store. I popped in a CD, Michael W. Smith’s "Healing Rain." The second track on the CD is the song "Healing Rain." As I listened to it, the Holy Spirit came over me so strongly that I began to weep. I have always believed that this is ...
Views: 162(1 vote) - Dear Dr Romance: I Need a Good Self-Help Book - by Submitted on Mar 26, 2012 from Tina TessinaDear Dr. Romance: I congratulate you for your many helpful articles on the Internet. I would like to have your advice. I am male and in the last 25 years I had a therapy experience which lasted 3 1/2 years and left me with unresolved issues; shorter therapy experiences with different ...
Views: 141(1 vote) - Physio Emotional Pain - what is it? is there help? - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2012 from Sharon SinclairPhysio-Emotional Complaints Do you suffer with a disorder where emotion has upset your body? * Chronic Pain without Medical cause? * Pre-Menstrual or Menstrual Tension? * Post Traumatic Stress Disorder? * Nocturnal Teeth Grinding? * Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)? ...
Views: 147 - Healing Spiritual Shame - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2012 from Ken ThomAs I’ve previously stated, shame significantly impacts our spirituality. This is usually the most challenging area for shame-based people. Spirituality is found deep within our core: the deepest level that humans operate from. The ability to live in peace and harmony is a function of our ...
Views: 92(2 votes) - How Subconscious Reprogramming Can Eliminate Psychological Trauma - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2012 from Greg FrostSubconscious Reprogramming refers to the process of renewing your unconscious mind through repeated exposure to new thoughts, ideas, habits and images. You can gain a lot when you engage consciously in the process. You can easily eliminate psychological trauma when you take time to engage in the ...
Views: 65 - How to Have Fun Even With a Handicap Simply by Using Your Mind - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2012 from Marc LernerToo often, people with handicaps live their life just to survive. This happens to people when their focus is on what is wrong, but that is not the only focus a handicapped person can have. It is possible to find a peaceful center within you. When you focus there, it is easy to ignore the ...
Views: 122 - Toxic Shame: What Is Toxic Shame? - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2012 from Oliver J R CooperThere is said to be two types of shame. One is described as normal and healthy and the other is said to be abnormal and dysfunctional. Healthy Shame This shame is part of having a healthy conscience; with certain behaviours and actions being kept in check by this feeling. And when ones ...
Views: 179(2 votes) - Understanding the influence of our past - by Submitted on Feb 16, 2012 from Lauren BastaparisI can’t count the number of times I heard, or read: « I really don’t know why I am so depressed / anxious / in pain ; I was raised by a loving, ordinary family and nothing terrible ever happened to me; the problem is just me”. Or another slightly different version “ I really don’t know why I ...
Views: 182(4 votes) - Happiness-Inducing Strategies - by When I was 13 years old, my mother and 2 younger sisters were killed in an Air Canada plane crash.
From the moment that my father got that horrible phone call telling him about the plane crash, he was beyond devastated. He was 44 years old and the overwhelming loss understandably traumatized ...
Views: 69(1 vote) - Straight Talk about Psychological Trauma - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2012 from Gloria ThiessenWhat is trauma? We hear the word bandied about in the mental health community or at 12 step meetings, but what is trauma anyway? Simply put, it's someone's subjective experience of a disturbing life event. It overwhelms a person's ability to cope and leaves them feeling as if they'll be ...
Views: 71(1 vote) - How To Help Practically in Overcoming Trauma Disorders - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2012 from Elizabeth Lucye RobillardAll Sufferers of Trauma Disorders have something in common, they all suffer from a variety of extremely unpleasant physical discomforts and symptoms. Here, I present a brief plan to offer some practical ideas that have proven to help numerous people overcome the harmful and miserable effects ...
Views: 278(2 votes) - Holding on to Pain - by Submitted on Jan 29, 2012 from Linda DieffenbachYesterday, I caught the tail end of a conversation that got me thinking about pain, and how attached many of us our to our pain. Pain is a valuable tool, as its presence alerts us to something that is in need of attention and healing, but what happens when we become so used to the pain that ...
Views: 111 - Climb - by Submitted on Dec 26, 2011 from Tomeka ByarsWhat is you climb? Are you facing challenge in your life today? The climb is the most difficult part of the walk we face in our everyday life. It’s where our realities are faced. It’s where we wonder whether or not we are able to complete all of the task in life we face. We all have a ...
Views: 187(1 vote) - Opening Up and Unblocking - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2011 from Gayle Crosmaz-BrownWhen I started to open up to the causes my emotional pain and the darkness my life was taking, I began healing the issues responsible for my deep depression. I was on an accelerated path to healing, hungry for knowledge and understanding. I had started first, with group therapy at our local ...
Views: 271(2 votes) - How Does Childhood Trauma Affect The Brain? - by Submitted on Dec 02, 2011 from Dr. Jane Simington PhDHow does childhood trauma affect the brain? Originally Published on November 15, 2011 on HotMommaGossip.com Written By Jane Simington PhD, Grief & Trauma Educator and Therapist Healthy bonding and attachment are crucial to development from the first days of life. Well cared-for babies ...
Views: 437(3 votes) - Stressed and Unhappy? Try Emotional and Mind Mastery - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2011 from Jay LevinThere are three internal elements of yourself that determine whether your relationship and life is satisfactory or not and whether you are stressed and unhappy or not. One is how often – and to what degree – you either feel negative emotions or bottle up the ones you don’t know how to express ...
Views: 183(1 vote) - Penn State Child Abuse: The Coverup Is Worse Than The Crime - by Submitted on Nov 19, 2011 from Estelle GoldsteinSo many times the cover-up seems to me to be worse than the crime. It might be something as President Nixon and Watergate or as trivial as Sarah Palin and her … um … improvisation on the ride of Paul Revere. (Don’t try to fool a Boston girl – I know all about Paul Revere). I think most of ...
Views: 223(1 vote) - Penn State Sports Scandal Destroys Lives - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Estelle GoldsteinA beloved football coach – I might even say a living legend – finds his life destroyed after a luminous career. All because of alleged inaction – perhaps to shield a friend, perhaps to preserve the “old school” or for other reasons. And the sad story of Joe Paterno is only one more chapter ...
Views: 224(2 votes) - Turn Your Darkness Into Light: The Highest Perspective - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDNo matter how positive our outlook in life, unpleasant things are going to happen which bring us down. People betray us, hurt us and disappoint us. People attack us with their spiteful words. They misjudge us, take credit for our work or malign us. When we experience this sort of thing in our ...
Views: 169(4 votes) - Rape and Sexual Assault: Liberation and Empowerment Visualisation - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDAfter an assault, the first priority is to help your mind release the pain, shock and trauma of the experience in order to move on. To do this, you have to coax your subconscious into unfreezing itself and allowing these changes to occur. The following healing exercise is one I have used many ...
Views: 220(1 vote) - Holistic First-Aid For Cats and Dogs: You Can Help Them Feel Better - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDWe all value our pets. They give us so much: affection, love and entertainment. So it's very hard to watch them when they are ill, afraid or suffering. Over the years I have sometimes been asked to provide healing for pets. Let me share with you some simple and effective healing techniques which ...
Views: 136(1 vote) - Rape and Sexual Assault: Your Way Back to Life - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDIt is a tragic fact that many women suffer rape or sexual assault at some point, and for some it can ruin their lives. Are you one of these women? It is possible to turn this terrible experience around completely, and not only get your life back, but grow far beyond what you believed ...
Views: 169(1 vote) - Rape and Sexual Assault: Self-Help for Healing and Empowerment - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDWhen you have suffered rape or sexual assault, you are carrying that shock and trauma in the cells of your body. It is particularly important to clear that shock from your system as soon as possible. If you do it straight away, the damage to you will be minimal. If, however, you leave it to ...
Views: 214(1 vote) - Broken Heart First Aid: Self-Help for Those First Few Weeks - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2011 from Anne Whitehouse PhDThe person you hoped to spend your life with has left you, for whatever reason. Your heart is broken. Initially, that pain and heart-ache is unbearable and you don’t know how you’re going to get through the next minute, let alone the next day. Obviously you need to go through a grieving ...
Views: 193(1 vote) - USING MINDFULNESS-BASED PSYCHOTHERAPY AND MINDFULNESS MEDITATION TO OVERCOME TRAUMA - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Beth PattersonAs a psychotherapist specializing in trauma and grief, the tenth anniversary of 9/11 gave me the opportunity to contemplate anew working with trauma -- including my own. I was an eyewitness in New York City to the horrors of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center that beautiful ...
Views: 195(1 vote) - Chakra Healing for Optimum Emotional and Physical Health - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Kirsten NagyChakra is the Sanskrit word for wheel and in ancient Eastern traditions chakra is the word used to describe swirling energetic hotspots all over the body. There are thousands of chakras from the tips of your fingers to the bottoms of your toes. However, there are seven major chakras that run ...
Views: 197(1 vote) - Living with Long-Term Brain (Head) Injury - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2011 from Craig LockArticle Title: Living with Long-Term Brain (Head) Injury Submitted by: Craig Lock Category (key words): head injury, brain injury, William Fairbank, effects of brain/head injury, neuro-psychology, brain, cognitive difficulties, medical information, medical resources (enough there now, ...
Views: 260(1 vote) - Steve Jobs Didn’t Have To Die of Pancreatic Cancer - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2011 from Dorothy NeddermeyerOctober 5, 2011 - With the passing of Steve Jobs the world lost a visionary, brilliant scientist, and innovator, who some say is equal to Albert Einstein. At 56 he could have had several more decades of life ahead of him, but his life was cut short by Western/Allopathic cancer treatments, ...
Views: 142 - 09/11 Ten Years Later: A Tim for Reflection - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2011 from Daniela RoherWhy another blog on 9/11? Because I want to remember this date by offering something that hopefully can shed further light on some of the repercussions of the fateful events of ten years ago. As a psychotherapist, I am deeply aware of the importance of traumatic events that occur ...
Views: 86(2 votes) - Trauma and the Brain: Understanding What Happens and Why You Feel Changed - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2011 from Michele RosenthalThere’s a lot to understand about post-trauma recovery. If you’re struggling with symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), you’re juggling many psychological and even physical symptoms while you learn to 1) grieve and let go of your former self, 2) function in a world that no longer ...
Views: 243(1 vote) - Tips to Overcoming Anxiety - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2011 from cedric riceTips to Overcoming Anxiety Anxiety can rob us of much of the pleasure that life entitles us to. In most cases it can be helped by combining a few changes in your daily routine. Anxiety can be handled like any sickness or disease although I wouldn’t classify it as a mental illness. There are ...
Views: 222(1 vote) - Therapy is Best When Self Help and Mind Over Matter Techniques Fail - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Randi FineSelf-improvement advice on virtually any topic that interests us, written from endless points of views, is right at our fingertips. Most of the articles I write are of this genre, often with a New Age slant. Websites like SelfGrowth.com and Curezone.com are entirely devoted to this topic. A ...
Views: 177(1 vote) - How to Get Things Done When You Are An Emotional Wreck - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Beth DargisEven though I am still reeling from my son’s death, things still must get done – taxes, money stuff, work, prosecution stuff… Here’s what’s been working for me: 1. Have grief sessions every morning and/or evening. Just a time to let whatever you are feeling out – through music, ...
Views: 278(1 vote) - Head Injury: A Practical Guide: YOU ARE AN EXPERT ALREADY - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Craig LockArticle Title: Head Injury: A Practical Guide: YOU ARE AN EXPERT ALREADY Author: Trevor Powell Submitted by: Craig Lock Category (key words): head injury, brain injury, neuro-psychology, Web site: http://www.headway.org.uk Other articles on this subject are available at: ...
Views: 175(4 votes) - Myself only Smaller - by Submitted on Aug 30, 2011 from Catherine Auman“Why didn’t I say something? I was so stupid! Why didn’t I stop the abuse?” Allison is crying as she recounts a painful memory that affects the way she relates to men in the present. Often, my patients who are involved in processing painful wounds from childhood have trouble forgiving ...
Views: 189(1 vote) - Overcoming Trauma - by Submitted on Aug 25, 2011 from Gail CloudHow do we overcome trauma in ourselves and our lives; through truth, resolution and understanding to create new action. Did you ever have the experience of someone giving you terrible news? Your child was in a terrible accident,your partner asked you for a divorce or separation, your friend was ...
Views: 119(1 vote) - Freedom From Past Issues, Charges and Pain - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2011 from Pamela TurnerWhen we were young, very young, we made decisions about ourselves and the world we live in that have lasted throughout our lives. These decisions, or agreements about life, were made before we had a rational mind or the perspective and experience of an adult. Most of our beliefs about the world ...
Views: 252(2 votes) - The Blister and the Teakettle - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2011 from Catherine AumanPeople often ask what happens in psychotherapy. Sometimes, although more rarely than you might imagine, therapists give good old fashioned advice, and famously, we listen intently. Often we teach skills that people missed in childhood such as how to communicate or manage angry feelings. Therapy ...
Views: 212(1 vote) - Politically Correct Emotions - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2011 from Catherine AumanOnce when I was a little girl, my father said to me, “Stop crying. You’re too smart to have feelings.” He was my perfect dad (until adolescence anyway) so it seemed he must be right. He never stopped trying to get everyone in the house, my mother, my brother, my sisters and me, to stop ...
Views: 205(1 vote) - They'll Call You Crazy and Lock You Up! - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Dan L. HaysAfter years of struggling as a writer, by 1996, I had written two books, had publishers interested in both, and had walked away each time. Finally, in complete frustration, I gave up the dream of being a writer. I still felt something was locking up my writing, but I had no idea what it was. ...
Views: 256(3 votes) - Why Is This Fantastic News So Scary? - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Dan L. HaysNote: the real names of the author and her publisher are used with their permission. “Mr. Hays, I really loved the book your book, “Search For Peace.” I spent all weekend reading it, and I just couldn’t put it down. I’d like to talk to you about publishing it.” Those are thrilling words ...
Views: 175(2 votes) - Heartbeat - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from Dan L. HaysIn the fall of 1986 someone said to me "You write very lyrically. Are you a poet?" I replied pretty vehemently, "No, no, I'm not a poet!" as if I was physically trying to push away the concept. I was also ignoring the fact that I had published poetry in a school literary magazine when I was in ...
Views: 151(2 votes) - How to Deal with Situational Stress - by Submitted on Aug 05, 2011 from cedric riceFor the purpose of this article let me give you my definition of situational stress. Situational stress is the stress associated with being near or around a particular person, place, or thing. There will always be a negative event associated with this type of stress. One example for me was an ...
Views: 239(1 vote) - After the Insight, Now What? - by Submitted on Aug 03, 2011 from Catherine AumanBack in the days when Freudian lying-on-the-couch therapy was all there was, insight into one’s problem was considered enough to provide a cure. However, insight-as-cure didn’t turn out to be the case – we’ve all heard about Woody Allen in treatment for decades, his neurosis only growing. Many ...
Views: 124(1 vote) - The Effects of War on the Families of Soldiers - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2011 from Gayle Joplin Hall“I’m just trying to be a father, raise a daughter and a son, be a lover to their mother, everything to everyone…yeah, I’m real good under pressure being all that I can be…I just work straight through the holidays, and sometimes all night long…’cause freedom don’t come free.. I’m an American, an ...
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