The nervous system is responsible for sensing, controlling, and coordinating an individual’s actions and reactions to life. It comprises the brain, spinal cord, and a vast network of nerves that extend throughout the body. The importance of nervous system regulation cannot be overemphasized here. It plays a significant role in maintaining overall health and well-being. […]
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Experiencing a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can be a life-altering event, not only physically but also emotionally and psychologically. One of the most profound impacts of TBI is the potential loss of identity. This experience can leave survivors feeling disconnected from their previous selves and uncertain about their future. The brain is the control center
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Survivor’s guilt is a profound and complex emotional human response. It often occurs after individuals have survived a traumatic event that others did not. It is important to note that overcoming survivor’s guilt is possible. Healing from survivor’s guilt may not happen quickly, but it can be done. In the military and emergency services professions,
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Somatic Experiencing Therapy       Trauma, stress, and overwhelm in life can cause disturbances throughout the body. Somatic Experiencing (SE) therapy can help to integrate these disturbances and increase a person’s sense of internal peace. People don’t realize that carrying stress, tension, chronic pain, guilt, and shame can have both negative short and long-term consequences to their
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In 1987, Dr. Francine Shapiro developed Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and life events that cause stress to be stored within the body. More than 30 years later, research continues to support EMDR therapy as a treatment for PTSD symptoms and other forms of trauma. A 2015 study published in the Journal of
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We all go through hard times in life. However, being a male in our society has its own challenges. Therapy for men is hard to find due to the intersection of external and internal views held by society. On one hand, we know men need help at some point in life. However, there is still
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Dissociation is one of the many different responses someone may have during and/or after a traumatic or other overwhelming event. But, how to regulate dissociation is a more complex question to answer as it involves how the nervous system perceives threats and the different states of the nervous system. We will discuss how the nervous
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This blog post will explore ‘what is survivor’s guilt’, the challenges survivor’s guilt creates in one’s life, and how to heal from survivor’s guilt afterward. Survivor’s guilt may follow a traumatic experience that takes the life of someone you know or severely harms someone who was in the vicinity or area that you were in.
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Trauma can occur at any moment or in any experience in life. This blog post will explore the situations that may create chronic trauma, the effects of chronic traumatization on life, and what and how to heal from chronic traumatization. A side note – even if traumatic experiences have occurred years or decades in the
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Facing mental health symptoms and their associated challenges can be intimidating and daunting. It can also be a powerless endeavor as one recognizes that mental health symptoms rarely come and go but more so come and stay throughout someone’s life. The hard part of living with mental health symptoms is learning how to navigate the
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