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Tag Archives: Healthcare in America
“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
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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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, #DelawareDontCare, #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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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 #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 #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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If you have PTSD, the mental health system might drive you insane
If you have Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) or Complex PTSD, the so-called “mental health care” system in America might drive you insane. Like me, you could too easily find yourself in the loony bin just because you’d been traumatized a … Continue reading
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Tagged #HarmedByChristianaCare, #PsychAbuse, #TraumaAwareAmerica, #UniversalHealthServices, Complex PTSD, CPTSD, Cukoo's Nest, Developmental Trauma, Healthcare in America, mental health, Mental Hospital, PTSD, Rockford Center for Behavioral Health, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
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