Tag: therapy
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SELF-CARE: Are you kidding? I do not have time for that.
Often, when people are asked what they do to care for themselves, they ask “are you kidding?” Then they go on to say that they do not have time for self-care. They say that they are too busy caring for others. Does this response sound familiar to you? Are you the person responding in this…
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Invalidating Your Own or Someone Else’s Trauma: Do not do it
Before we talk about invalidating trauma, let us talk a bit about what trauma is. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) states that trauma is an event or circumstance that results in physical harm, emotional harm and/or life threatening harm that can negatively impact mental, physical, emotional health and social and spiritual…
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Traumatic Stress After a Natural Disaster
Expected responses to traumatic stress are discussed in the attached Psychology Today article. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/somatic-psychology/201004/the-trauma-arises-natural-disasters
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Too private and ‘invincible.’
When being too private and thinking you are invincible is like biting off your nose to spite your face.
