Tag: how to stay Happy
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Trauma Therapy
DIAGNOSING POSTTRAUMATIC STRESSIn those early days at the VA, we labeled our veterans with all sorts ofdiagnoses–alcoholism, substance abuse, depression, mood disorder, evenschizophrenia–and we tried every treatment in our textbooks. But for allour efforts it became clear that we were actually accomplishing very little.The powerful drugs we prescribed often left the men in such a…
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Trauma and loss of self
Trauma Therapy TRAUMA AND THE LOSS OF SELFThe fast study I did at the VA started with systematically asking weren,What had happened to them in Vietnam I wanted to know what had pue?When over the brink, and why some had broken down as a result of tgexperiencewhile others had been able to go on with…
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Trauma and its Effects
DIAGNOSING POSTTRAUMATIC STRESSIn those early days at the VA, we labeled our veterans with all sorts ofdiagnoses–alcoholism, substance abuse, depression, mood disorder, evenschizophrenia–and we tried every treatment in our textbooks. But for allour efforts it became clear that we were actually accomplishing very little.The powerful drugs we prescribed often left the men in such a…
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Trauma Therapy
TRAUMA AND THE LOSS OF SELFThe fast study I did at the VA started with systematically asking weren,What had happened to them in Vietnam I wanted to know what had pue?When over the brink, and why some had broken down as a result of tgexperiencewhile others had been able to go on with their lives.:…
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Trauma A new Understanding
A NEW UNDERSTANDINGIn the three decades since I met Tom, we have learned an enormous amountnot only about the impact and manifestations of trauma but also about waysto help traumatized people find their way back. Since the early 1990s brain-imaging tools have started to show us what actually happens inside the brainsof traumatized people. This…
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HOW TO GET OUT OF TRAUMA
TRAUMA AND THE LOSS OF SELFThe fast study I did at the VA started with systematically asking weren,What had happened to them in Vietnam I wanted to know what had pue?When over the brink, and why some had broken down as a result of tgexperiencewhile others had been able to go on with their lives.:…
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Trauma and its rediscovery
The greater the doubt, the greater the awakening; the smaller thedoubt, the smaller the awakening. No doubt, no awakening.-C.-C. Chang, The Practice of ZenYou live through that little piece of time that is yours, but that pieceof time is not only your own life, it is the summing-up of all the otherlives that are simultaneous…
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THE REORGANISATION OF PRECISION
THE REORGANIZATION OF PERCEPTIONAnother study I conducted at the VA started out as research about night-mares but ended up exploring how trauma changes people’s perceptions andimagination. Bill, a former medic who had seen heavy action in Vietnam adecade earlier, was the first person enrolled in my nightmare study. After hisdischarge he had enrolled in a…
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How to be happier
PART 2 Conquer Negative ThinkingAll humans have a tendency to be a bit more like Eeyore than Tigger, to ruminate more on bad experiences than positive ones. Itโs an evolutionary adaptation โ over-learning from the dangerous or hurtful situations we encounter through life (bullying, trauma, betrayal) helps us avoid them in the future and react…
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How to be happier
Manage your stress levelsIf you have a lot of stress in your life, find ways to reduce it, such as learning a few time-management techniques. Introduce regular exercise and time to yourself. These are positive changes. Taking control of your time in this way can effectively reduce stress. If you have feelings of anxiety along…
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