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Tag Archives: Trauma Awareness
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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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 #ChristianaCare, #ChristianaDontCare, #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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“We are living under a pre-traumatic cloud”
Trauma expert Bessel van der Kolk says that due to the Covid-19 pandemic, “we are living under a pre-traumatic cloud,” in this video from The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM), one of my favorite sources of … Continue reading
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Tagged Covid-19, Stay Off the Trauma Train, Trauma, Trauma Awareness, Trauma Recovery
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