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The brain-disease model overlooks four fundamental truths: (1) our capacity to destroy one another is matched by our capacity to heal one another. Restoring relationships and community is central to restoring well-being; (2) language gives us the power to change ourselves and others by communicating our experiences, helping us to define what we know, and finding a common sense of meaning; (3) we have the ability to regulate our own physiology, including some of the so-called involuntary function
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― The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
― The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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Trauma is personal. It does not disappear if it is not validated. When it is ignored or invalidated the silent screams continue internally heard only by the one held captive. When someone enters the pain and hears the screams healing can begin.
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― Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals
― Emerging With Wings: A True Story of Lies, Pain, And The LOVE that Heals
Susan Pease Banitt, LCSW, author of The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD From the Inside Out is her…more
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last active 13 years ago
Do you know a friend or relative who struggles with fear, anxiety, and depression?
If so check …more
85 members,
last active 7 years ago
This group is for spouses and family members of Veterans with PTSD. We will be reading a variety…more
1 member,
last active 7 years ago
A group to discuss the book SEX AND CRIME by Oliver Markus, and similar books that deal with PTS…more
5 members,
last active 12 years ago
