Tag Archives: Trauma

Awakening Into Awareness 20 Body Keeps the Score

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Joel

Traumatized people chronically feel unsafe inside their bodies: the past is alive in the form of gnawing interior discomfort. Their bodies are constantly bombarded by visceral warning signs, and, in an attempt to control these processes, they often become expert … Continue reading →

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Awakening Unto Awareness 8 PLAYrooms

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Joel

Healing Power of Reading Though none of my therapists tapped into the therapeutic power of bibliotherapy, the right book at the right time is transformative.

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Trauma:Repurposing Movement

Posted on February 8, 2020 by Joel

When Roman Bacca returned from his deployment in Fallujah, Iraq, trauma did not enter the equation. He wanted to do everything he thought responsible people did. He got a really good job as a technical specialist at a storm-water company … Continue reading →

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FEAR Factor

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Joel

Primal-Affect Systems SEEKING or expectancy RAGE FEAR LUST CARING PANIC/GRIEF PLAY

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Emotional Brain Reigns

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Joel

Emotional Brain Understanding past trauma does little to help in dealing with PTSD. No matter how much insight and planning, the emotional brain has a reality of its own and it is the emotional brain that reigns.

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Realities Taken to be True

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Joel

We Believe What we take to be true is what we believe. What we believe is based on our perceptions. What we perceive depends on what we look for. What we look for depends on what we think. What we … Continue reading →

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Violence: Victim or Monster

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Joel

“Frankenstein: Or the Modern Prometheus”

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Attachment-Based Learning/Teaching

Posted on March 2, 2016 by Joel

Attachment-Based Learning/Teaching In his 2014 book “Attachment-Based Teaching : Creating a Tribal Classroom,” Louis Cozolino tells how to go about building a tribal classroom. Class exercises build deeper knowledge of one another through disclosure, sharing of emotions, and social support. Students … Continue reading →

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PTSD

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Joel

PTSD Diagnosis When I was a high school student, I was diagnosed with OCD. That was in the early to mid 1950s. PTSD diagnosis did not come about till 1980. Labels like OCD, depressive, alcoholic, bipolar, mood disorder, and schizophrenia pigeonholed, … Continue reading →

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