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Tag Archives: Resilience
“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
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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
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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
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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
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“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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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
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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Unashamed of my Complex PTSD
A few people have asked my why I talk so much about Complex PTSD, or Developmental Trauma. I am open about my struggles with Complex PTSD and depression in part because I am not ashamed. I have physiological conditions brought on … Continue reading
