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Posted: February 21, 2022
PSTD stands for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Many symptoms that eventually lead to a diagnosis of PTSD are common in the first month after a traumatic event. It is if they persist longer than that month, and they cause a disruption to a person’s normal functioning…
Posted: February 15, 2022
Since February is Black History Month, I wanted to share some of my thoughts and my values. I believe that Black Lives Matter and that seeing race matters. It matters because how people are treated in this country is greatly determined by race. I strive…
Posted: February 7, 2022
I think the body positivity movement is wonderful and needed. AND I know many of us have learned to disconnect from our bodies or m see our bodies as the enemy, which makes feeling positive about our bodies seem impossible. That’s why body neutrality is…
Posted: January 19, 2022
Our culture prefers the rational and logical, the ‘unbiased’ view that is ‘untainted’ by emotion. While emotions can taint our perspective, they are vitally important pieces of information that can inform and shape our decision making. And it is not a matter of a binary…
Posted: January 3, 2022
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 can fight or flee from it is likely to go into a state of hyper-arousal, in which you may…
Posted: December 13, 2021
We live an a society and culture that is individualistic and has this mythology of ‘self-made’ me, pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps, etc. I even hear it sometimes in mental health or recovery communities, this idea that we should not need or desire others’…