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Author Archives: Shay
“Unleash the Ladybug!”
Della the Janked-Up Ladybug helped me launch my tiny-but-pointed #TraumaAwareAmerica initiative. It focuses on trauma awareness/education and the rights of traumatized people. I initially aimed at frontline providers, because they were the ones who could have greatly helped instead of … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Education, Kindness, Mental Health
Tagged #InterpersonalNeurobiology, #Justice, #Neuroscience, #TraumaAwareAmerica, Chronic Stress, Community, Complex PTSD, Covid-19, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma, Giving & Receiving, Healthcare in America, Kindness, Leadership, Learning, Love, mental health, Neurobiology, Neuroplasticity, Pandemic, Personal Calling, PTSD, Resilience, stress, Trauma, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
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I hate mindfulness dogma!
Some mindfulness proponents tell us we don’t have trauma if we just live in the present and “let the past go.” When it comes to Developmental Trauma, this is shaming and incorrect! Unresolved trauma prevents us from living in the … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged #TraumaAwareAmerica, Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma, Dogma, mental health, Mindfulness, PTSD, Resilience, Trauma, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
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I was a teenage sex slave
The moment I became a teenage sex slave. Each drop of blood signifies one month of that abuse. It began several weeks after my 15th birthday. A 25-year-old acquaintance, on hearing about my mother’s worsening mental illness and abuse, offered … Continue reading
The night I learned to fly
“The Night I Learned to Fly” is the latest in a series of paintings that answer the question, “How did I survive?” By enduring unspeakable terror early in life, I learned to dissociate so well and so easily I could … Continue reading
What the f*** happened to me
You know how you feel when you come out of a movie at midday? you blink and you realize that you had forgotten there is this other world out there. You see it in a new way. At least for … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged #ChristianaCare, #ChristianaDontCare, #DelawareDontCare, #HarmedByChristianaCare, #PsychAbuse, #RockfordCenter, #TraumaAwareAmerica, #UniversalHealthServices, Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, mental health, PTSD, Rockford Center for Behavioral Health, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
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3 Gateways to Presence
Interoception, Exteroception, Proprioception. My Alexander Technique instructor and friend, Imogen Ragone and I discuss how “awareness of our inner self and bodily sensations (interoception), of our position and movement in space (proprioception), and of the stimuli coming from outside ourselves … Continue reading
PTSD Awareness Day: Trauma-Informed Care is Vital
To the editor of the News Journal: PTSD Awareness Day is June 27, an occasion to acknowledge the vital need for Trauma Informed Care (TIC) training for frontline providers. As the pandemic continues and PTSD diagnoses rise, many will needlessly … Continue reading
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Tagged #ChristianaCare, #ChristianaDontCare, #DelawareDontCare, #HelpDontHarm, #HowDidIsurvive, #PsychologyAbuse, #PsychologySurvivor, #TraumaAwareAmerica, #TraumaInformedCare, Complex PTSD, CPTSD, CPTSDawareness, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, Leadership, MakeItStop, Medical Abuse, Medical Neglect, mental health, Psychology Abuse, PTSD, PTSD Awareness Day, PTSD Awareness Month, Trauma Awareness, TraumaInformedSavesLives
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Why We Need Trauma Informed Care (TIC)
The trauma survivor’s Red Alert system is stuck on “HIGH,” but the trauma-uninformed psychologist has no clue. This one, at ChristianaCare thinks he is The Well And Knowing Doctor Who Bestows His Wisdom And Thereby Health Upon The Broken Patient. … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Mental Health
Tagged #ChristianaCare, #ChristianaDontCare, #DelawareDontCare, #PsychologyAbuse, #PsychologySurvivor, #TraumaAwareAmerica, #TraumaInformedCare, CBT, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Chronic Stress, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CPTSD, CPTSDawareness, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, MentalHealth, PTSD, PTSDawareness, stress, Trauma Recovery
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Remembering the man to whom I owe my life
On this Father’s Day I wish to recognize and honor the man to whom I owe my life, even though I only had a short time with him. That was my Granddaddy, my maternal great-grandfather. He was the only grandfather … Continue reading
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Tagged Connection, Father, Fathers Day, Giving & Receiving, Granddaddy, Happiness, Kindness, Love, mental health, Resilience, Safety
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The freeze response
The freeze response is one of the most primitive and life-saving. It is used in situations the body/mind considers life-threatening. When a person can’t fight, can’t run, and feels they are going to die, they freeze or collapse because those … Continue reading
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