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TRAUMA BRAIN

TRAUMA BRAIN

It has been found that human trauma is experienced in fragments of sounds, images and feelings and not as entire stories.  That is why we often hear of people not remembering what has happened to them until some sound, image, etc. triggered them.  Even then, the memory comes to them very fragmented and people tend…

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REACTING TO TRAUMA

REACTING TO TRAUMA

Understanding the Mindset Many people just give up.  In animals they refer to this as learned helplessness.  Do you ever wonder when you see an elephant tethered to a tree or stick of some kind, how they don’t just break the tether and go on a rampage?  Well when the elephant was young it could…

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THE REDISCOVERY OF TRUAMA

THE REDISCOVERY OF TRUAMA

Trauma makes a person lose themselves.  When we experience trauma we change.  This could be trauma we suffered or even trauma we have perpetrated, whichever it is changes us to the point that makes it difficult to engage in intimate relationships.  This is why for me to recognize the anger I have displayed in past…

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THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE: INTRO CONTINUED

THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE: INTRO CONTINUED

My last entry provided you a glimpse of what got me here.  A recognition that I had a problem.  Information that there could be help out there, and me taking the leap of faith to find that help.  The journey has been difficult.  By difficult I mean, having to admit I have a problem, having…

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