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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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Topics For Everyone Topics for Combat Stress
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Michele Rosenthal
Such an interesting and diverse week of news! Make sure you check out the fabulous radio show hosted by Heal My PTSD, LLC, with addictions counselor, Laurie Carty, and PTSD Navy vet, Jason Ream of OperationPTSD.org. This show pertains to civilians and military alike by talking about what mental programming and beliefs make addictions, plus how you ...
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BRIDGE THE GAP Exercise
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Michele Rosenthal
When I first started healing my PTSD – after I stopped denying there was, in fact, a situation that needed to be healed — I didn’t know where to begin. I went to therapy all out of whack, didn’t know what to talk about when, didn’t want to talk and was utterly lost and confused about what I was doing there in the first ...
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Something truly extraordinary is ...
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Michele Rosenthal
Something truly extraordinary is happening. Jason Ream, a Navy Vet, and Mac McPherson, an Army vet, are teaming up to launch an incredible venture: OPERATION PTSD.Their mission: “Operation PTSD was founded … in order to help all of our Brothers and Sisters in Arms deal with their PTSD. Our mission is to curb the high rate of suicides, ...
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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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Yesterday was one of those days ...
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Michele Rosenthal
Yesterday was one of those days that continues to inspire, excite and surprise me. The reason: I’m working with some really terrific veterans as well as civilians recovering from PTSD. Over and over again I am astounded at how universal the PTSD experience is.Case in point: Recently one of the vets turned an incredible corner and definitively ...
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There’s the tendency in PT ...
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Michele Rosenthal
There’s the tendency in PTSD to shut down — mentally, physically, emotionally, linguistically. Totally understandable, but not a great idea. No one can help if you don’t offer some form of communication — about your mental, physical and emotional state.Case in point: I have a client I really enjoy working with. She’s v ...
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Combat PTSD from the Inside
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Michele Rosenthal
There are some vets who are really getting out there in the PTSD world and talking — about the stigma of mental health (check outOperationPTSD’s latest post), about recognizing the need for help, and then about actually going after and getting the help you need to heal combat PTSD.I have tremendous admiration for those vets who come thr ...
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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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