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I’ll be blunt. I get very ...
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Michele Rosenthal
I’ll be blunt. I get very discouraged and a tad frustrated with the attitude I frequently see about healing PTSD.It’s a big question in the PTSD world: Can this condition be healed?Who has the answer?All too often I meet or hear from survivors who definitively say, “PTSD can’t be healed.” Too many times I’ve hear ...
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Healing Testimonial
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Michele Rosenthal
Shh! Can you hear it? If you listen closely you will hear the sound of another survivor healing….Today’s survivor guest post is very special to me. It comes from a woman I met a few months ago, a woman struggling with PTSD and with an event so traumatic in her history she would not even tell me what it was. I told her she could feel be ...
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Sometimes it helps to take a ste ...
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Michele Rosenthal
Sometimes it helps to take a step back and view the whole PTSD recovery process from a distance, as if, say, you are a product in development. Nike, McDonald’s and KFC have their own well defined concept of who they are and who they want you to see them to be.In constructing a post-trauma identity you, too, must be clear about how you want pe ...
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Topics for Everyone Topics for Combat Stress
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Michele Rosenthal
A busy week in inspiring PTSD news. First, I want to introduce you to a PTSD Desert Storm Navy vet who, with the help of a PTSD Operation Iraqi Freedom Army vet, is launching an incredible new project: Check outOperation PTSDfor some true healing inspiration. The official launch will be November 11th; for now, you can read about how one vet sees P ...
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Did you know nearly 1/3 of women ...
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Michele Rosenthal
Did you know nearly 1/3 of women report being physically or sexually abused at some point in their lives? Did you know husbands and boyfriends commit 13,000 acts of violence against women in the workplace each year? Did you know studies show 1.5 million women are battered each year?Tomorrow Heal My PTSD, LLC, will sponsor the Aid to Victims of Dome ...
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Using Branding Principles in Healing Trauma
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Michele Rosenthal
Last week we had a great guest post byDr. Bill whointroduced us to the idea of personal branding and how the concept can be applied to healing. This week he continues to explain the process with some simple how-to steps. In recovering from trauma it’s necessary to re-envision the self. Your post-trauma identity can play a critical role in he ...
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Topics for Everyone Topics for Combat Stress
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Michele Rosenthal
Do you think sexual assualt should count as a ‘pre-existing condition’ when it comes to insurance? Did you know that the prefrontal cortex might be the key to preventing PTSD? Did you know the Atkins diet might be a great way to reduce the body’s experience of stress? Have you considered the positive effects of combat stress?All t ...
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seeing the pain through mother's eyes
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KasondraI.
The journey has been hard for the entire family. Seeing your daughter's pain and knowing there is nothing you can do - nothing - is agonizing. You are mom - you are supposed to make everything ok, make your child feel safe, let them know you got it covered for them at least for a moment's rest. There is no rest in ED's mind and he torments the weak ...
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STRESS and a long run : )
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KasondraI.
StressA lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience, Raised a glass of water and asked 'How heavy is this glass of water?' Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g. The lecturer replied, 'The absolute weight doesn't matter. It ...
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Mindful eating
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KasondraI.
Iam going to start a segment of mindful eating practices. Today is the first exercise. I want you to become aware of what you are eating, how you are eating, where you are eating, who you are eating with (and who or what group of people trigger you to eat how), why you are eating (hunger, boredom, emotional comfort), how you are eating (quickly, th ...
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