Coping Skills and Videos

Know that you are not alone if the holidays can evoke PTSD symptoms. This may include flashbacks to painful memories from past holidays, intrusive or unwanted thoughts about those past experiences that making being present difficult. You are not alone if you struggle with emotional…

The window of tolerance is the range in which we as humans are able to function most effectively. When the brain perceives a threat that it does not think you can fight or flee from it is likely to go into a state of collapse,…

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I think sometimes we have the incorrect assumption that feelings need to be acted upon, in the moment. This ignores that feelings are valid, but not always accurate to the situation. Feelings may be misplaced, as when we get angry at our partner because of…

  In previous posts we have gone over grounding using smell, taste, sight, and touch. Today we will go over cognitive grounding. Grounding skills help reorient you to the present to the here-and-now. They are vitals tools to have when you deal with anxiety, flashbacks…

In previous posts we have gone over grounding using smell, taste, and touch. Today we will go over grounding by sight. Grounding skills help reorient you to the present to the here-and-now. They are vitals tools to have when you deal with anxiety, flashbacks and…