Meta
Tags
- #ChristianaCare
- #ChristianaDontCare
- #PsychologyAbuse
- #PsychologySurvivor
- #TraumaAwareAmerica
- Adventure
- Alexander Technique
- Ceremony
- Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Chronic Stress
- Community
- Complex PTSD
- Covid-19
- CPTSD
- Developmental Trauma
- Downregulate
- Downregulation
- Fun & Magic
- Giving & Receiving
- Happiness
- Healthcare in America
- Hunter 38 delivery
- Imogen Ragone
- Inner Growth
- Kindness
- Leadership
- Learning
- Love
- mental health
- Neuroplasticity
- Pandemic
- Personal Calling
- personal growth
- PTSD
- Resilience
- Sailing
- Sailing Angel
- Sea Scouts
- Self-Regulation
- stress
- Trauma
- Trauma Awareness
- Trauma Recovery
- TraumaSymptoms
- Unschooling
Tag Archives: CPTSD
“Instead of addressing the underlying issues”
“Women described being misdiagnosed or given painkillers instead of addressing underlying issues. One woman lost her child traumatically. Another had to experiment and eventually diagnose herself because her doctor was no help,” the newspaper noted, regarding Black women in our … Continue reading
“A Conversation withTrauma Awareness Activist and Artist Shay Seaborne” on 89.5 KOPN
In this KOPN radio interview with Vic Day of “Women’s Issues, Women’s Voices,” my host asked me to explain how I became a Trauma Awareness Activist-Artist, or, as I say, “janked-up, ticked off, and doing something about it.” “It was … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged #TraumaAwareAmerica, Alexander Technique, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Chronic Stress, Community, Complex PTSD, Covid-19, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, Interview, mental health, Neuroplasticity, Personal Calling, personal growth, PTSD, radio, Resilience, Trauma, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery, TraumaSymptoms
Leave a comment
Everybody’s nervous system is janked!
Everybody’s nervous system is janked up at least some. Especially in 2020. You can choose to heal your nervous system. You can choose. #TraumaAwareAmerica #pandemicstress #traumaticstress #interpersonalneurobiology #biologyoffear
Follow me on Facebook for more info on stress/trauma/PTSD/CPTSD
When you follow me on Facebook you can receive and find great info, tips, tidbits, insights, art, news, and more about stress/PTSD/Complex PTSD and recovery, neurobiology, and mental health in general.
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged #TraumaAwareAmerica, Chronic Stress, Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma, Downregulate, Downregulation, Fun & Magic, Giving & Receiving, Healthcare in America, Imogen Ragone, Inner Growth, Kindness, Learning, mental health, Neuroplasticity, PTSD, Resilience, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
Leave a comment
Comprehensive Trauma-Informed Care Training from Zero Abuse Project is available online!
Comprehensive Trauma-Informed Care Training from Zero Abuse Project is available online! I endorse this program because it is offered by a non-profit that works in the trauma field, so they know their stuff, and tuition costs don’t make some guy … Continue reading
WARNING: Cognative Behavioral Therapy (CBT) can harm!
WARNING: If you have Developmental Trauma, PTSD, or Complex PTSD, or even chronic stress, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) may be contraindicated because it does not work when access to the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is limited, as it is with those … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged #ChristianaCare, #PsychologyAbuse, #PsychologySurvivor, #TraumaAwareAmerica, Alexander Technique, CBT, Chronic Stress, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, Inner Growth, mental health, Neuroplasticity, psychology, PTSD, Trauma, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
Leave a comment
Who is Della the Janked-Up Ladybug?
Della the Janked-Up Ladybug™ is a fairly recent arrival to my art. I’m interested in the cartoon as a medium that offers a measure of safety to viewers, so they can take in something that might otherwise be overwhelming. My … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Fun & Magic, Mental Health
Tagged #TraumaAwareAmerica, Art, CPTSD, CPTSD art, Della the Janked-Up Ladybug, Developmental Trauma, Fun & Magic, Inner Growth, Learning, mental health, Personal Calling, personal growth, PTSD, PTSD art, Resilience, Shay's Art, Trauma, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery, Watercolors
Leave a comment
“Anger is a secondary emotion”
“Anger is a secondary emotion,” a watercolor I painted 2 years ago, about 3 weeks after my ordeal in the ER and mental hospital. Anger is often an indicator of a violation. This one was enormous. Although I painted well … Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health
Tagged #PsychAbuse, #PsychologyAbuse, #PsychologySurvivor, #TraumaAwareAmerica, #UHS, #UniversalHealthServices, Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, mental health, Neuroplasticity, Personal Calling, personal growth, PTSD, Trauma, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery, TraumaSymptoms
Leave a comment
Starship ENTERPRISE metaphor for life with Complex PTSD (CPTSD)
I like to use a tall ship or starship/Star Trek analogy to describe the experience of life with Complex PTSD. Imagine you’re aboard the USS ENTERPRISE, and she’s under attack. The red alert alarm constantly sounds, reminding you that you … Continue reading
“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
Leave a comment
