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We all say we want to ‘hea ...
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Michele Rosenthal
We all say we want to ‘heal’ — it sounds easy, right? We’ve healed things before, think of all those scraped knees and broken bones. We’ve healed illnesses, broken hearts and broken families. Healing PTSD symptoms should be as methodical as all the othe things we’ve healed, shouldn’t it?Sure, it should! But ...
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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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Everyone with and without PTSD h ...
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Michele Rosenthal
Everyone with and without PTSD has his or her own idea of how it should be managed, coped with, contained or healed — and we’re all really happy to jump in and tell each other what we think should be done.It’s wonderful to have voices supporting your journey and offering advice. It’s great to be given lots of ideas and decid ...
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Last week I was wondering abouth ...
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Michele Rosenthal
Last week I was wondering about how often we speak about our PTSD experience. This week I’m musing about how often we speak about our trauma itself. I meet many survivors who don’t want to reveal the details of their trauma at all. In my clients, all of whom are survivors, most won’t speak about their traumatic experience in detai ...
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Elizabeth Stanfillhas been teach ...
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Michele Rosenthal
Elizabeth Stanfill has been teaching stress management to Emergency Personnel for 16 years, and to the general population for a decade. I like her approach because it’s direct, to the point, upbeat and self-empowering. Today, she explains that denial is an enormous clue about the presence of stress. As in, post-traumatic stress….Did yo ...
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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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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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Elephants and Fists.
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KasondraI.
Viktor Frankl (1984) Nazi camp survivor said, " When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves." I say, "Nothing enters a closed hand." Have you noticed that during stressful and closed minded times your hands are usually in a fist? As a midwife, I have noticed that there is a lot of car ...
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ways to keep your cravings at bay
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KasondraI.
i have found from my experience that it is much easier to eat to live rather than live to eat if i am well nourished and in balance! Things i need to feel in balancebe honest with my energy in vs. energy out - keep it in balenceeat slowly and include as many senses as i canbuild my meals around what will build and nourish me!understand that vegtab ...
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