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You will succeed when you run out of things that fail
Keep on changing your approach until your achieve your desired outcome. Past frustrations and failures lay the foundation for a new level of living. Intuition, trial and error must always be your best friends. Know what you want to achieve, write it down and burn it into your subconscious. The” how” will appear if we have an open mind and use our supreme consciousness and intuition. Continually strive to expand your references. Change by doing something different. Read a book on the subject you wish to learn about or master. Get up 30 minutes earlier.
Brain Chemistry and PTSD
PTSD is all about brain chemistry and what happens to the brain during and immediately after the critical, traumatic incident. Essentially, the chemicals that flood the brain during the trauma do so in order to help the person to survive the event, either by running away, or fighting furiously. A third option, to submit to the trauma also has brain chemistry implications. In some individuals, once the brain goes through this chemical ‘rewiring’ to survive the trauma, the wiring stays that way.
The Gentling Approach to PTSD in Abused Children
Perhaps the most notable flaw in all of the current treatment methods of treating children for stress disorders, including acute stress and post traumatic stress, is that they are modeled largely on the experiences and diagnostic criteria of adults. Not much treatment development has been made from existing research about the bio-chemical nature of stress disorders to address alte ate models for specific treatment of children.
Sample Chapter from: 'Gentling: a Practical Guide to Treating PTSD in Abused Children'
5 The Stress Episode As therapists, one of our major tools is our words. Most adults, when they witness a child who is severely upset over what appears to not want to follow a directive, will label the behavior a “tantrum”, or at best “acting out”. In most cases, this is a fairly accurate term for the behavior that the child is exhibiting. When a stress disordered child engages in similar behaviors, the source and quality of the behaviors will be different at different times.
How to Reduce Stress and Be Happy
Anything taken too much is bad for the health. A little stress is actually good; as it could serve to help you function at your best. However, stress that seems a little too much could take a physical, as well as mental, toll to your body. Stress should be managed in order for depression or ...
Nights of the Werewolf
As I sit here and write this, I look back on 40 plus years of trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I will not remember everything due to over indulgence in medications. (Booze, pills, women and anything else I thought would fix me.) My military life was very colorful--illustrious, for ...
Healing Trauma and PTSD SYMPTOMS NOW! (without drugs and years of “therapy”)
Breaking the Trauma-Anxiety-Anger PTSD symptom Loopr You have read all about it in the tabloids, newspapers and on-line news and entertainment sources… Celebrity relationship melt-downs, due to their inability to respond appropriately to repeated trauma-related anxiety that suddenly looms up from the past. While we “look up” to celebrities in many areas of life, such as sports, entertainment, politics and other public venues, they are just “regular people” on the inside, dealing with the lessons of life, both current and from their past.r
Problems With the Use of Traditional Behavior Modification Techniques in Treating PTSD in Children
The use of traditional behavior modification techniques with stress disordered children needs to be done with caution and extra care. The issue of the primary source of the child’s behaviors needs to take precedence over simply “pressing on” with behavior modification techniques. The key indicator to the clinical team treating the child is that they will find the child’s behaviors getting much worse despite using behavioral methods that should be working. This initially can be mistaken as an “extinction burst”, and the team may be motivated to apply more behavior modification pressure.
Writing Your Own Subliminal Messages or Affirmations
Subliminal messages in the form of affirmation are some of the best methods to overcome several life issues, from physical to mental health. Sometimes you just want to have them to maintain excellent disposition or outlook about life. Moreover, you have the power to create your own subliminal messages or affirmation. This is excellent since there’s no one else who better knows your current crises than yourself (despite of what professionals may tell you). This can also be a good test on how severe the issues are. Even at the end of formulating the affirmations or subliminalr